“Where does it stop?”

I saw this editorial and thought it would be good for everyone to read about.
“A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., heard arguments last week about whether police should have to get a warrant before putting a GPS device on a suspect’s car. It is a cutting-edge civil liberties question that has divided the courts that have considered it. GPS devices give the government extraordinary power to monitor people’s movements. The Washington court should rule that a warrant is required.”
This article has good details and information about this topic. Have not heard anything on this issue so was very happy to see this information. I just cannot believe this is something being talked about. I agree with this person on needing some sort of warrant to put a GPS device on a suspects POV.
“Lower courts have reached different conclusions. A panel of the Chicago-based United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in 2007 that a warrant is not required for remote surveillance by a GPS device, although it said that if the police began to use the technique on a large scale it might violate the Fourth Amendment.”
I cannot believe this was allowed by a Court of Appeals based in Chicago. How does this not violate peoples Fourth Amendment? You give the police force this kind of power they will push it as far as they can, testing on how far they can go. It is just like the old saying you give a kid a cookie they are going to want some milk. So I think this should be shut down right now before more of are Amendments are broken.
“The highest courts of three states — New York, Oregon and Washington — ruled the opposite way, that their state constitutions prohibit the police from installing GPS devices without a warrant. The New York Court of Appeals, the highest New York court, got it exactly right earlier this year, insisting that permitting police to install GPS devices without judicial oversight would be an enormous unsupervised intrusion by the police agencies of government upon personal privacy.”
Well at least there are still some states that get it. Without some kind of limit’s the police will do everything they can to make there job easy. What happen to good old clue finding and putting it all together to reveal the victim and the criminal. The ending is a somewhat good feeling hoping that people make sure are rights are safe.
“As technology advances, government will continue to acquire new and more efficient ways of monitoring people. It is critical that the privacy rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment keep up with those advances.”
New inventions are made all the time and with that, we have to make sure they are being used the right way, without taking away are freedom. Therefore, I agree with this article and think if we allow this right now, there could be no end to this so it is important for us as free people to shut this down before it gets out of hand.