Dk Dbq Analysis

What if the government could use their devices to scan your private home at their every whim, without the use of a warrant? This is the case with DLK. DLK was a grower of illegal marijuana. The government used a thermal imager to scan the house without a warrant in order to find the necessary heat to grow marijuana. The government should’ve had a search warrant to use a thermal imager. DLK did not reveal his actions to the public, the heat could not be seen with the naked eye, and the evidence could not have been easily removed.
DLK had a reasonable expectation of privacy for his actions (Document D). The 4th Amendment protects anything a person seeks to keep private, even in a public area (Document A). The 4th Amendment also protects against citizens taking extreme measures to protect their privacy out of fear that the government might be able to create new technologies to reveal what may be going on inside their homes (Doc D). However, the 4th Amendment is not the only amendment that protects privacy. The Fifth Amendment protects against self-incrimination, that is, not testifying against yourself
Marijuana growers require a tremendous amount of heat. Since the thermal imager sees heat, it can locate abnormal heat signatures, such as the one that is required to grow marijuana (Document B). Document C shows a normal house without any heat. This picture was taken with a thermal imager. However, in the front of the packet, it shows a house with excessive heat, which was the home of the grower. The thermal imager permits the police to reveal what cannot be seen by the naked eye. This technology cruelly suppressed human efforts and wills to protect private information, as shown in the above paragraph. Therefore, it threatens the very core of the 4th Amendment, which is the right to freely have a reasonable expectation of privacy. Thermal imagers should be used with a warrant (Document