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In reply to the discussion: High Court: Warrant Needed For GPS Tracking [View all]TheMadMonk
(6,187 posts)35. Nothing surprising in this at all really.
If any cop with a bug up his arse could slap one on your car and wait for you to fall into his lap then it's no great stretch for a spouse or parent to do the same with impunity. A paparazo? Stalker?
And as someone else pointed out, it puts supreme court justices on the same level as any common drug mule. Also politicians, CEOs, CFOs, etc.
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Looks to be 9-0 with the concurrences...Scalia wrote majority, Sotomayor a concurrence....link...
msanthrope
Jan 2012
#1
Scalia and Thomas have been a criminal defense attorney's best friend on this Court.
former9thward
Jan 2012
#27
Sorry, not the best quote to make the point that Sotomayor was also taking the argument further
suffragette
Jan 2012
#40
If you've got enough reason to suspect someone, you've got enough to reason to get a warrant!
rocktivity
Jan 2012
#22
Somehow Newt will warp this decision to President Obama being weak on crime...
groundloop
Jan 2012
#24
I don't wonder if a few of those justics weren't visited by the Ghost Of Christmas Future.
Poll_Blind
Jan 2012
#31
It is beyond the pale that the Obama administration fought for this in the first place.
woo me with science
Jan 2012
#38