Is it Reasonable ?

                                                   We as a people are faced again with another question of the limits to our liberty, a matter in which technology can be used in such a way as to track precise movements of the citizenry. It is not new, we all know it as GPS. We have it on our cellular phones, just as streaming video is now a common feature. The question is can an officer put a device on your car and track your movements without a warrant ? There is a case coming before the Supreme Court on this matter. I am not amazed that a government entity would usurp it's powers, after all seeking power is the largest form of  corruption known  to man. What is more interesting is the slow response of legislators in protecting the rights and liberties of it's citizens, at both the State and Federal level. Is that not why we institute governments ? To protect our liberties ? It can be appalling how in a matter such as this the premise is the amount of power the State requires, rather than the limits of it's power over the invasion of liberties of it's people.
                                                              What Police Departments feel just in doing is putting a GPS tracking device on a person's Automobile, and track there " precise" movements. They then use this information against a defendant in a court case. All without a search warrant. It seems they feel they do not have to. Let me show you a portion the 4th amendment to the constitution:
                                                            The Right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures    your effects alone would translate to your belongings, your PROPERTY that would be including your automobile. Even if it is parked in a public parking lot it is still YOUR property, but that is one of the arguments the government is making that an automobile parked in public is fair game, What if I go to the grocery store my car is no the domain of whoever can get in and start the car ? Really ? Without transfer of title and paying the same taxes that I paid to get to the grocery store ? Absurd.
                                                          Watch this case closely the ramifications are dangerous, to allow this kind of police encroachment without due process of the law gives the police unlimited power to search you, this is not what the framers had in mind when they spoke of liberty. It is not the actions of a government intended to secure our world of liberty as we know it as free citizens either.


For further reading on this please follow these links:
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/89214-do-cops-need-a-warrant-to-plant-a-gps-tracker-in-your-car


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution




http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0410a.asp