Search of City Employee’s Text Messages on Employer Provided Pager Did Not Violate the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The United States’ Supreme Court addressed the ever”changing character of the public workplace in City of Ontario v. Quon, 130 S. Ct. 2619, when it decided that a government employer has a right to read text messages sent and received by employees on employer owned pagers. In so ruling, the Court found that a public employer did not violate their employees’ Fourth Amendment rights when they read text messages sent and received on employer owned pagers…