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GPS Tracking Without a Warrant Declared Legal
jnaujok writes "The Ninth Circuit court has declared that attaching a GPS tracker to your car, as it sits in your driveway, or by extension on a public street, and then using it to monitor every one of your movements, is totally legal, and can be performed by the police without needing a warrant. So, if you live in the Western United States, big brother has arrived."
And the most important contribution to the cause of human liberty in the last few centuries, American revolution, was a rebellion against a distant Big Government limiting people's freedom (in particular, freedom to do spend their money as they wish, without being subject to unjust taxation).
On balance, government is a bigger threat to freedom and civil rights than a benefactor. And what's more, the more a government tries to help, the less it is able to—just look at the big empty Ground Zero site. How long did it take for us to build the original WTC when entrepreneurship still counted for something and government largely stayed out of the way?
Why do Republicans equate limited government with civil rights. Arguably the largest civil rights movements in the last century (sufferage, civil rights movement, gay rights, creation vs evolution in schoold, brown vs board of educaiton, etc) have ALL come to fruition from larger government involvement, not less.
I'm not sure I follow. Sufferage didn't necessarily mean more or less government. Nor did the civil rights movement. Nor gay rights. Creation vs evolution did not, as there wasn't even a Department of Education until the 70's. Vis-a-vi Brown.
The existence of a court does not in any way pertain to the size of government. Perhaps the reason you are confused is that you haven't stopped to consider the opposing point of view long enough to understand it?
Not sure what you are trying to put into words, but you might want to sit and breathe a little.. think about what you want to say, then if it's not in context with the topic at hand, keep it to yourself.
Especially since the GP was saying that it's time for the federal level to make a decision on it properly.
You've attempted to twist this into a partisan agenda, when in reality you've made yourself appear to be an ass by spouting about how things should have gone the way the GP was saying the whole time sounding as if you are arguing.
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You mean like the unqualified loonie who has never served a single day as a judge until she was appointed by Obamma?
That loonie?
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"Forbidding private business owners from discriminating based on race, color, religion, or national origin (and enforcing this prohibition) was an expansion of government powers. A valid one, in my view."
Don't be obtuse. What you said is exactly what the grandparent was saying - "Arguably the largest civil rights movements . . .have ALL come to fruition from larger government involvement, not less."
Man, you would think people at a site with "News For Nerds" would have better reading comprehension.
No shit sherlock. ;-)
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