The FBI practically predicted blood in the streets if they had to shut down their warrantless GPS tracking by Supreme Court order. And yet, magically, the Republic still stands, and the FBI managed to demonstrate probable cause to get a warrant in 90% of the cases.
" Law enforcement's job would be a lot easier if we just did away with the Fourth Amendment and gave the police unfettered spying powers. But that would open the door to abuses of power, so the founders wisely limited government searches to cases where the government could demonstrate it had probable cause to believe that a crime had been committed."
It's a feature, not a bug. #ddtb
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GPS ruling is "hard" on the FBI—and that's a feature, not a bug
The FBI says the Supreme Court's recent decision requiring a warrant for GPS tracking is making things "hard for law enforcement." Of course, that's kind of the point, and the FBI's own figures sugges…