Unreasonable Search And Seizure

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There have been several issues that the system was having, the Judge Nicholas Garaufis being to activate the use of cellphones towers and any other electronic. However; addressing this matter will change technology requiring the change of the existing Fourth Amendment doctrine. The Supreme Court was trying to decide if police officers need warrant to attach a GPS device to a suspect car and track them down for a week at a time. Allowing the Fourth Amendment promise of protection from government invasion of privacy is in danger of being replaced by the futuristic surveillance state. George Orwell describe with the Fourth Amendment being present if prohibit “unreasonable searches and seizure” anyone can record on their devices in the cars, pockets

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