Fascist judge issues unconstitutional ruling that by using modern technology you give up you right to privacy.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (PNN) - August 17, 2012 - Last January, the Fascist Police States of Amerika Supreme Court ruled that thug cops must obtain a warrant before secretly attaching a Global Positioning System tracking device to your car, at least for any length of time. The decision in Jones v. United States was heralded as a small victory for those of us who like our gadgets but love our privacy even more.
Yesterday, the FPSA Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit failed to uphold the same kind of privacy protection for cell phones. In United States v. Skinner, it ruled that because we all know cell phones have GPS transponders that can broadcast our locations at any time, we therefore have no reasonable expectation of privacy when we carry them.
Skinner’s lawyers argued the cops had to search the contents of the cell phone, and that the cops had not gotten a warrant sufficient to obtain that information. The court ruled it was just data, and thus covered under the trap trace; and since it involved a gadget the suspect was already carrying, there was no trespass on his property, a la Jones v. US.
However, the majority opinion by Judge John Rogers is more than a bit disturbing. He wrote:
“There is no Fourth Amendment violation because Skinner did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data given off by his voluntarily procured pay-as-you-go cell phone. If a tool used to transport contraband gives off a signal that can be tracked for location, certainly the police can track the signal.
“It follows that Skinner had no expectation of privacy in the context of this case, just as the driver of a getaway car has no expectation of privacy in the particular combination of colors of the car’s paint.”
In case you missed that, fascist outlaw Judge Rogers believes that cell phone location data is no more private than the color of your car. He also goes out of his way to note that “an innocent actor would similarly lack a reasonable expectation of privacy in the inherent external locatability of a tool that he or she bought.” So this doesn’t just apply to accused drug smugglers; it applies to you and me as well.
The way our system works is that if the cops want to violate my personal privacy, they need to: a) have a pretty compelling reason, and b) convince a judge their reasons are compelling. If that Sixth District ruling stands, pig thug cops will be able to follow anyone at any time for almost any reason, using the tools for which we bought and paid.
Does that seem right to you?
Ed. Note: When is enough, enough? It is time to overthrow the criminal cabal that has occupied the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of our government for far too long, and which has usurped authority in our once free country. Revolution Now! Independence Forever!
