[Sandy]

It's an analogy. In both cases, a person is being required to send information to the feds--either videotapes or business records. Is it only a search if the feds come and do the searching in person? Is it only a search if it's at your home? Suppose the videos are of you in your place of business? Is that not a search? Come to think of it, wouldn't it be better to just put hidden cameras into all places of business? You know, we could just let the feds watch all the transactions themselves and save ourselves the time and paperwork. Not a search, right?

[JD86]

You know, we could just let the feds watch all the transactions themselves and save ourselves the time and paperwork. Not a search, right?

Instead of making up hypotheticals that have NOTHING to do with the law that was enacted....how about addressing the law as it is? Any comments on that?
Not bogeymen what ifs....just what is in the law.