Supreme Court to decide limits on police use of GPS tracking
Privacy Rights Thursday, September 15th, 2011
From AllHeadlineNews.com
Only weeks after the Supreme Court convenes its next session this month, it is scheduled to deal with a potentially landmark case to decide the privacy rights of motorists as they drive on public streets.
The Justice Department argues their privacy rights are minimal, which means police should be able to track vehicles nearly anywhere they want.
The case involves a Maryland man whose Jeep Grand Cherokee was monitored by police who attached a global positioning satellite device to it.
His attorneys say private citizens’ travel decisions in their own vehicles are not the government’s business.
“Prompt resolution of this conflict is critically important to law enforcement efforts throughout the United States,” the Justice Department argues in its Supreme Court petition.
So far, the Justice Department has not fared well in lower courts.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld a reversal of charges against Antoine Jones, who was convicted of running a drug ring in Washington, DC. He remains in prison.
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