The Threads Hold
by digby
It's good to see the fourth Amendment is still hanging in there, tattered though it is ...
Appeals court limits use of GPS to track suspects
A federal appeals court ruled for the first time Friday that police cannot use a Global Positioning System device to track a person's movements for an extended time without a warrant, clearing the way for the Supreme Court to decide the privacy impact of the new surveillance technology in products such as cellphones and vehicle-navigation systems.
This is great news. Maybe someday they'll limit the use of tasers to electrocute suspects too.
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