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To: fwdude

That’s all been addressed in decades of case law.

Example: Let’s say you are cooking meth in your basement. If Officer Joe just kicks your door in without a warrant because he has a hunch that you are cooking meth, that’s a clear 4th Amendment violation.

If Officer Joe tells your neighbor, John, to kick in your door and take pictures so he can get a warrant, that’s also a 4th Amendment violation because John is acting as a government agent.

However, let’s say that John, of his own accord, thinks that you are cooking meth, so he breaks into your house and night and takes pictures of your meth lab and then takes them to the police. John has actually committed a crime (breaking and entering) but the police can still use the information that he provides to obtain a warrant and search your house even though it came from John who was committing a crime at the time he did it, because he was a private person not acting as a government agent at the time of the search.

That’s how it works. Read the cases I cited.


40 posted on 06/16/2021 10:34:08 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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To: TexasGurl24

“That’s all been addressed in decades of case law.”

About all that settled case law, you might not have noticed, but DC is in the hands of a revolutionary socialist coup government. You need to stop thinking in terms of what is in “case law”, and what is simply technologically possible. Because THAT is what they will do.

It’s also not legal to lock you in your house for a year and forbid travel.


44 posted on 06/16/2021 12:51:46 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: TexasGurl24
"That’s how it works. Read the cases I cited."

The cases you cited are not relevant all all.

46 posted on 06/16/2021 1:36:51 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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