Sounds reasonable and looks like 8-0 ruling
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1259.pdf
I wonder what the ruling would be for a case of a search of a trash can that is on the public street: seems it should be allowed without warrant.
http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/10-1259.pdf
I wonder what the ruling would be for a case of a search of a trash can that is on the public street: seems it should be allowed without warrant.
And for the record, I want law enforcement to be able to effectively do their jobs, and for technology to help them, but something that used to be hard and expensive that is now cheap and easy ( gps trackers instead of following people manually) should never be an excuse to abandon the fundamental principles put in place to prevent the abuse of power.
That seems to sum up all the problems I'm seeing now. It's become so easy/cheap to track people, that the cost of doing so doesn't have to figure as prominently in the decision.
I'm as freaked out as the next person about the U.S. turning into a police state, but feds rummaging through trash bins out on the curb is fairly low on my list of worries.
The privacy issue here is whether you have the right to avoid specific scrutiny by the government. I think the government should either have to make their case, or GTFO. That's the myth we learned in Civics class anyway.
We don't let the government do things merely because they can.