First Amendment experts say police raid of Kansas newsroom was likely 'illegal'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : White said the police raid of the Marion County Record could also be a violation of the Fourth Amendment, which protects people from "unreasonable" searches and seizures by the government.
59% : "It normalizes something that shouldn't be happening -- that Congress has said should not happen, that the First Amendment says should not happen."
50% : Kosseff said there would need to be "a whole lot more for this to be a correct decision.""I can't imagine a scenario in which all of these other protections would be overcome to allow a raid on a newsroom," Kosseff said, referencing the First Amendment, the Fourth Amendment and the Privacy Protection Act.
49% : "In each case, it has to be called out and stopped if we're going to protect the First Amendment in this country."
48% :Jeff Kosseff, a law professor at the United States Naval Academy who specializes in the First Amendment, said he was surprised the county judge found there was sufficient probable cause to sign off on the search warrant.
37% : The Privacy Protection Act of 1980 broadly prohibits law enforcement officials from searching for or seizing information from reporters.

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