PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Knoxville, Tennessee
-- November 5, 2025 -- Tennessee candidate, Elliott J. Schuchardt, has a history of working to protect people from government overreach.
In 2020, Schuchardt filed a petition to
have the United States Supreme Court review the federal government's alleged
surveillance of all e-mail sent in the United States.
In
the case, Schuchardt alleged that the federal government was unlawfully
collecting the full content of the nation's e-mail database, in violation of
the 4th amendment of the United
States constitution.
The
4th amendment prevents the government from searching the private papers of the
citizenry, unless the government has first obtained a warrant issued upon
probable cause.
Schuchardt
filed the case in July 2014, shortly after United States dissident, Edward
Snowden, published allegations in the Guardian
and Washington Post newspapers that
the government had gained access to the nation's e-mail database.
Schuchardt
filed the case in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania. After the case was
initially dismissed, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reversed,
and reinstated the case.
According
to Schuchardt, "this case is of vital importance to every single American." "For the first time in history, a small
group of persons in the federal government can read the private communications
of the American people at will."
Schuchardt considers the current state of government collection to be dangerous
to the democracy.
In
his petition, Schuchardt argued that the e-mail database should be kept
exclusively by the internet service providers, with government access being
controlled by the courts.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case, putting the Court on record for the first time on this issue.
Elliott J. Schuchardt is a candidate
for the Tennessee General Assembly in the 2026 election. Schuchardt studied politics at Cornell
University and Oxford University. He
also has received a law degree from Columbia Law School. Schuchardt focused his legal practice on
civil liberties issues in the courts.
For further information:
Elliott J. Schuchardt
2322 Jockey Run Trail
Knoxville, TN 37919
Phone: (865) 304-4374
E-mail: elliott016@gmail.com
Website: www.elliott-author.com
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