The Chatrie case involves a broader, open-ended search, which privacy advocates refer to as a dragnet that pulls in information from sometimes hundreds of innocent people. A geofence warrant was infamously used to identify supporters of President Donald Trump who broke into the Capitol on Jan 6, 2021.

If the court were to find that geofence searches do not require a warrant, it would open the door to government abuse that could infringe upon free speech rights by, for example, targeting protesters, privacy rights advocates say.

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    …and says, “YES! Fuck the privacy of ALL Americans in the service of the State’s desire for inquiry, regardless of the invasiveness! But - and most especially - FUCK THE CONSTITUTION! MWAHAHAHAH!!!”

    – The Supreme Court Justices

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      Pretty much what happens when you treat a constitution as a religious doctrine instead of a text written by a bunch of failable, hypocrital, facist, wealthy slavers who thought freedom was dictated by your sex, wealth, and skin color

      Rights don’t apply to everyone, just who we deem as ppl