Digital-age privacy advocates should be thrilled with President Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court precisely because he is a superb originalist.  Gorsuch won't disappoint law-and-order types, either.  Unlike ideologues who focus on judicial outcomes, Gorsuch's application of originalism will satisfy the needs of law, order, and liberty. Originalism, which is treating the Constitution as the Founders wrote and meant it, is an advantage for liberty and privacy in the digital age, as remarkable as that may sound.  The Founders, of course, knew nothing of computers and emails.  They did, however, establish the Fourth Amendment protecting the right of security in our "papers and effects" in addition to our "persons and houses."  Warrants may be issued only after presentation of probable cause under oath and affirmation.  It was clearly understood at the time of the Founding that warrants...(Read Full Post)