Jim Choate wrote:
And what says that I can't shoot down a bird that flies over my property provided my property is large enough to prevent me shooting bullets through the neighbors' windows?
Well that depends on the sort of bird and where your property is.
Non endangered generic duck for example. Assume it's hunting season. Now assume it's a radio controlled flying bot with a camera. Can I shoot it down if it's flying over my land and I recognize it for the spook gear it really is?
Yeah, a clear invasion of privacy without probably cause to 'unlock' or remove those blinds.
Probable cause != warrant. Probable cause is needed to obtain one. Not the same thing. Search warrants do not allow cops to remove blinds from windows. They allow them the ability to search a specific location for specific items for which they have presented a judge probable cause that they'll find said items. It does not allow for open ended surveilance - i.e. a fishing expedition.
The term 'reasonable expectation' does not appear in the Constitution and most certainly doesn't appear in the 4th. Read the 10th for a better description of what that means.
Newsflash, neither does the word 'privacy'. Hence it's not a constitutional issue, though it should be. It is however a 4th ammendment issue as it involves "searches" by government types. -- ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :masked killer, but |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often. --------_sunder_@_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------