The year is 2026 and the 4th amendment only means what the currently sitting justices say that it means, and the executive branch was literally given a pass to violate any law on the books that they want.

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Manuel_D 7 hours ago | parent [-]

The 9th circuit upheld that the police do not need warrants to operate and access data from license plate readers. The 9th Circuit isn't exactly a conservative stronghold.

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mingus88 7 hours ago | parent [-]

That’s really beside the point. It doesn’t matter what the 9th circuit or any other court says.

Our country is no longer a country of laws. Laws are only as good as they are enforced. The SCOTUS, the DOJ, the FBI, and congress have openly abdicated any constitutional responsibility to provide checks and balances to reign in the abuses we see posted to HN every day.

	▲	Hnrobert42 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I believe they would all argue that they haven't. They would argue that the current administration is operating within the law towards ends supported, repeatedly, by their constituents. I disagree with them, but that isn't relevant.