Rare Good News

I previously wrote about the pending case of United States v. Jones and the effort of the Administration to establish precedent allowing the government to follow citizens with Global Positioning Devices (GPS) without any showing of probable cause. I am happy to report that the Court has ruled unanimously against the government and found the practice to be unconstitutional under the fourth amendment. It is a stinging defeat for the Obama Administration but a roaring victory for privacy and civil liberties at a time when good news is rare.

  Jonathan Turley

As good as the news is, I challenge you to press a successful suit against the government if it does in fact track you via GPS without probable cause. There isn't such a thing. "National security" trumps everything. And they don't even have to tell you why they think you're aiding a terrorist organization; they can push the whole thing in secrecy under the guise of national security.

We already know they don't bother with laws, although they might try to have their actions codified after the fact. Still, if they can't, it doesn't discourage them from continuing illegal activities.

...hey, do what you want...you will anyway.