alot of governents now installing cameras in public spaces. does the government need a warrant to digitize the image of your face, taken from one of these public cameras, and store it in a database? does that violate the 4th amendment?
how about the IRS - does it violate the 4th amendment when it requires that financial institutions and employers send all of your transaction and earnings information to them?
you believe the 4th amendment is very broad - it isn't - its very narrow in fact.
My phone calls from my home are made in private. And my records with Verizon are private as well.
how about the IRS - does it violate the 4th amendment when it requires that financial institutions and employers send all of your transaction and earnings information to them?
That has been done through legislation, not through executive fiat. And even that, IMO, is an abuse of federal power - but at least it has some checks and balances.
you believe the 4th amendment is very broad - it isn't - its very narrow in fact.
OK, so let's check out the Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
No probable cause involved. NO PROBABLE CAUSE.
And that is the danger. That government now feels entitled to get information without probable cause and search it.