Privacy law scholar Dan Solove comments on United States v. Jones, scheduled for oral argument in the Supreme Court tomorrow. He writes, in part: The Supreme Court has long held that there is no expectation of privacy in public for the purposes of the Fourth Amendment. Because the Fourth Amendment turns on the existence of…
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Panel on United States v. Jones, the Fourth Amendment GPS Case
Orin Kerr writes: A few weeks ago, I participated on a panel about United States v. Jones, the GPS case, at William & Mary Law School. The panel featured Steve Leckar, who will be arguing the case for Jones; Melanie Wilson, a criminal procedure professor at the University of Kansas (visiting at W&M); and Paul Marcus…
Feds’ Use of Fake Cell Tower: Did it Constitute a Search?
Kim Zetter reports: Federal authorities used a fake Verizon cellphone tower to zero in on a suspect’s wireless card, and say they were perfectly within their rights to do so, even without a warrant. But the feds don’t seem to want that legal logic challenged in court by the alleged identity thief they nabbed using…
GPS tags will warn victims of domestic violence if their abusive partners are near
From across the pond, Daniel Miller reports on a GPS application in New York State: A New York borough is to begin using GPS tracking tags in a bid to tackle the problem of domestic violence. Starting next year, Staten Island will use the electronic devices to keep track of offenders who have been found…