NOW I WANT TO DISCUSS AN ISSUE OF LAW AND TECH KNOWLEDGE HE. IT WAS RAISED BY SENATOR ALLSOP EARLIER TODAY. -- SENATOR OSSOFF EARLIER TODAY. ANY DAY THAT AN M.I.T. GRADUATE GETS TO QUESTION A HARVARD LAWYER IS A GOOD DATE. THE SUPREME COURT ONLY GETS TO HEAR A SMALL FRACTION OF FEDERAL APPEALS. THAT MEANS THE CASES THAT GET TO THE SUPREME COURT ARE EITHER NEW QUESTIONS OF LAW OR VERY DIFFICULT QUESTIONS OF LAW. THE INTERSECTION OF LAW AND TECHNOLOGY IS ONE WHERE MANY CASES ARE NEW AND DIFFICULT. INNOVATION HAS CONSTANTLY DISRUPTED OUR CULTURE AND OUR NORMS. FOR THE MOST PART WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT BENEFITS HAVE NOT ALWAYS BEEN THE RESULT OF INNOVATION. INNOVATION OF CHALLENGED US TO RESPOND WITH NEW MEANS OF SAFEGUARDING BASIC RIGHTS WHETHER IT'S IN THE CONTEXT OF PRIVACY, SECURITY, COMPETITION, EMPLOYMENT JUST TO NAME A FEW. I APPRECIATE THAT THE SPEED OF INNOVATION WILL ALWAYS CHALLENGE OUR ABILITY TO KEEP THE LAW UP-TO-DATE WITH NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR IMPACT. I HAVE GRAPPLED WITH THIS QUESTION AS A CITY COUNCILMEMBER, STATE SENATOR, SECRETARY OF STATE, AND AS A UNITED STATES SENATOR. CLEARLY, IT IS ALSO A CHALLENGE FOR THE COURTS WHICH OFTEN HAVE TO DECIDE CASES DURING THE TIME BETWEEN TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND THE ENACTMENT OF NEW LAWS THAT ACCOUNT FOR THAT PROGRESS. NEW TECHNOLOGY ALONE HAS GIVEN RISE TO A NUMBER OF FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF LAW. INCLUDING HOW THE FOURTH AMENDMENT APPLIES TO NEW CONTEXT THAT NO FOUNDER COULD HAVE EVER CONTEMPLATED. JUDGE JACKSON: WHETHER IT IS SOMETHING LIKE COPYRIGHT, THE KIND OF CASE OR A PATENT CASE OR THE FOURTH AMENDMENT SEARCH AND SEIZURE. NEW TECHNOLOGIES DO INTERSECT WITH WHAT THE LAW SAYS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND IN STATUTES. AS FAR AS STATUTES ARE CONCERNED, IT IS MUCH EASIER FOR JUDGES WHO ARE DOING THEIR DUTIES TO INTERPRET THE LAW THAT CONGRESS MAKES UPDATES TO THE CHANGES -- STATUTES TO TRACK THE MODERN INNOVATIONS. WHAT HAPPENS WITH CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION IS SIMILAR TO WHAT I SCRIBED EARLIER ABOUT CASES IN WHICH THE COURT ANALOGIZE HIS BACK -- ANALOGIZE HIS BACK TO THE TIME OF THE FOUNDING PRINCIPLES FOR THINGS LIKE SEARCH AND SEIZURE. WHAT QUALIFIED AS A SEARCH THAT VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION WHEN THOSE WORDS WERE WRITTEN AND DETERMINES WHETHER THAT SAME KIND OF VIOLATION IS AT ISSUE WITH RESPECT TO THE TECHNOLOGY TODAY. THE COURT HAS DONE THAT WITH RESPECT TO SEARCHES REGARDING CELL PHONES, POLICE ACCESS TO GPS DATA, TRACKING TECHNOLOGY THAT IS PUT ON VEHICLES. BECAUSE THESE DISPUTES DO COME UP. I WILL TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE CONGRESS TO HELP US BY ENSURING THAT NEW TECHNOLOGIES ARE ADDRESSED IN STATUTES THAT WE INTERPRET. ...