Correct me if I'm wrong but the 9th Circuit used to be where the 'looney left' decision came from...
Get this:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/08599201315000
In short, the government doesn't need a warrant to attach a GPS device to your car and track your movements.
This is OUTRAGEOUS.
I was alerted to this via Slashdot. Here are a couple of the comments in response to the story:
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So then, it must also be legal for me to put one of these devices on my wife's car, or on the local squad cars, without their knowledge? Why do different rules apply to government employees than apply to the rest of us?
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has also ruled that a warrant is required. Reported [slashdot.org] less than 20 days ago.
This decision is bound for the SCOTUS because you can not have different laws in one part of the country as compared to another part due to the Equal Protection Clause.
The Ninth is the most over-ruled circuit in the entire country. Stay tuned.
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This is another example of trampling on our right like warrantless wiretapping. In this case, there's no "ticking time bomb" excuse since they have to know where your vehicle is in order to attach the device and 'tracking your movements' inherently takes time.