Robert E. Blackburn
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Robert E. Blackburn | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
Assumed office April 12, 2016 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado | |
In office March 6, 2002 – April 12, 2016 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Zita Leeson Weinshienk |
Succeeded by | Daniel D. Domenico |
Personal details | |
Born | ) | April 12, 1950
Robert Edward Blackburn (born April 12, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
Early life and education
Blackburn was born in
Career
Blackburn was in private practice in
Federal judicial service
Blackburn was nominated to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado by President George W. Bush on September 10, 2001, to a seat vacated by Zita Leeson Weinshienk. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 26, 2002, and received his commission on March 6, 2002. He assumed senior status on April 12, 2016.
Jurisprudence in practice
Individual rights
Blackburn has argued that the Fifth Amendment protection from individuals being compelled to testifying against themselves does not apply to testimony which is required to decrypt a protected data source in order to provide prosecutors with evidence. He suggests that the convenience of prosecutors in acquiring evidence in this manner overrules the otherwise inalienable right to avoid being "compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself". [1] Critics have argued that since the password to an encrypted data source is a part of the defendant's mind, compelled testimony to reveal it is a direct violation of the Fifth Amendment.[2]
References
- ^ Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops, cnet.com, January 23, 2012, retrieved January 24, 2010
- ^ BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT FRICOSU'S OPPOSITION TO GOVERNMENT'S APPLICATION UNDER THE ALL WRITS ACT REQUIRING DEFENDANT TO ASSIST IN THE EXECUTION OF PREVIOUSLY ISSUED SEARCH WARRANTS (PDF), eff.org, July 8, 2011, retrieved January 24, 2010
External links
- Robert E. Blackburn at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Robert E. Blackburn *District of Colorado