According to the Supreme Court, if the government puts a GPS tracker on you, your car, or any of your personal effects, it counts as a search—and is therefore protected by the Fourth Amendment and requires a warrant approved by a judge.
OR, they can send a note on letterhead and get the same info over the phone from Securus.
That's what rots my socks. Police jump from one technology to the next and so long as the Supreme Court doesn't specifically BAN the method, they do it. I call it exempting themselves from the rule of law. And, at least it's unethical.
Will police stop doing this now they have been found out, and despite what the SC says?
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According to the Supreme Court, if the government puts a GPS tracker on you, your car, or any of your personal effects, it counts as a search—and is therefore protected by the Fourth Amendment and requires a warrant approved by a judge.
OR, they can send a note on letterhead and get the same info over the phone from Securus.
That's what rots my socks. Police jump from one technology to the next and so long as the Supreme Court doesn't specifically BAN the method, they do it. I call it exempting themselves from the rule of law. And, at least it's unethical.
Will police stop doing this now they have been found out, and despite what the SC says?