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Supreme Court rules GPS trackers are a form of search and seizure

Posted: April 2, 2015 at 5:49 am

Shane McGlaun

This week the US Supreme Court clarified a law by ruling the Torrey Dale Grady v. North Carolina case that had to do with clarification of the Fourth Amendment. The case was sent back to the state high court after a unanimous opinion set down by the Justices helped to clarify how the Fourth Amendment works.

The Fourth Amendment protects against unreasonable search and seizure. With the clarification the court set down a precedent that says if the government puts a GPS tracker on your car, you, or your belongings it counts as search and is protected by the Fourth Amendment.

After being twice convicted as a sex offender, Grady was forced to wear a GPS monitor at all times to allow authorities to monitor his location. Grady challenged the court sating that the device qualified as unreasonable search.

The highest court in North Carolina ruled the tracker wasn't considered search. The Supreme Court has decided otherwise and sets a precedent that may prevent other convicted criminals from being forced to wear GPS trackers in the future. This case will likely have implications in the state of Wisconsin as well since that state can force repeat sex offenders to wear tracking bracelets.

SOURCE: The Atlantic

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BladeFit and 2A Rights. Second Amendment rules! – Video

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On his day off, Nate McBride squeezes off a few rounds with some friends. Shooting rifles crosses over to sword stances remarkably well.

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SCLC suspends Georgia Chapter President for call to bear arms

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ATLANTA - The Southern Christian Leadership Conference Wednesday suspended the president of its Georgia chapter, the day after he urged blacks to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms in response to recent police shootings of unarmed blacks.

SCLC National President and CEO Dr. Charles Steele made the announcement at a news conference.

The action comes after Georgia SCLC President Sam Mosteller Tuesday called on all African-Americans to exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms.

In a statement, Dr. Steele said, We have found that his (Reverend Mosteller's) comments do not represent, not reflect the principles and position of this organization.

As a result, the national organization announced the indefinite suspension of Rev. Mosteller, ordered an internal investigation, and ordered him to undergo an internal training program.

Tuesday, Rev. Mosteller told reporters he is tired of talking and marching and of inaction at the local and federal level.

He said police and the justice system have failed blacks in cities nationwide.

Reverend Mosteller stated, "We going to have to do something in our community to let the rest of America know that we are not going to be victimized by just anybody whether it be police or folks that decide that black people are thugs and we need to control that black community. We [are] not going to allow that anymore."

But when asked if he was suggesting blacks pack weapons the reverend insisted he was being misquoted saying, "Listen, listen I didn't say that. I said the Second Amendment right? I didn't say pack weapons, I said Second Amendment. Please don't put words in my mouth, please don't do that... Do you have to carry a weapon to avail yourself of the Second Amendment the answer is no, you don't have to okay?"

In his statement, Dr. Steele said the SCLC was founded and maintains its position against violence of ANY type.

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What is the biggest takeaway you want your students to have about the First Amendment when lecturing – Video

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Protecting the First Amendment and Muzzling the Marketplace of Ideas

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April 1, 2015|10:55 am

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Dr. Edwin Feulner is Founder of The Heritage Foundation, a Townhall.com Gold Partner, and co-author of Getting America Right: The True Conservative Values Our Nation Needs Today .

"Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." The words of the First Amendment couldn't be plainer. Yet more than two centuries after the Bill of Rights was written, they remain the subject of fierce debate.

Actually, I should amend that (no pun intended). These words would be the subject of debate if debate were permitted. But these days, apparently, we're all so thin-skinned that we can't bear to hear an opinion that challenges our worldview.

This is even true, ironically, at our institutions of higher learning. Some colleges are far more interested in swaddling their students in a protective bubble than in teaching free speech.

Consider what happened to Omar Mahmood. The University of Michigan student last year wrote a satirical piece for the campus newspaper, the Michigan Daily, listing the ways that the pervading culture of right-handedness victimizes left-handed people.

"The biggest obstacle to equality today is our barbaric attitude toward people of left-handydnyss [sic]," he wrote. "It's a tragedy that I, a member of the left-handed community, had little to no idea of the atrocious persecution that we are dealt every day by institutions that are deeply embedded in society."

Anyone familiar with the political correctness that pervades so much of society will recognize what Mahmood was lampooning. The victim mentality is particularly acute on many campuses, with professors nursing and even inflaming cultural conflicts on every level, leaving everyone walking around on eggshells.

In such an environment, Mahmood's column could have served a valuable purpose. An actual debate -- imagine! -- could have ensued.

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Lyman not protected by First Amendment in Recapture Canyon protest ride, judge says

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In 2007, the agency closed the canyon, once inhabited by Anasazi communities, following the discovery that unauthorized trail construction had damaged archaeological sites.

In separate motions, Lyman and two of his co-defendants, blogger Monte Wells and Shane Marian, sought to dismiss misdemeanor charges arising from the May 10 event, while Franklin Holliday did not participate.

Lyman's attorney Jared Stubbs argued federal prosecutors failed to adequately outline the alleged conspiracy, which entailed extensive media coverage promoting the illegal ride.

But Shelby found the basis of charges to be plainly obvious.

"The allegation is the four of you conspired to illegally ride in the canyon and then you went and did it," he said.

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How to use Tor Browser – Video

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OneCoin New Cryptocurrency – Video

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Newegg Introduces EGGCOIN – Video

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Feds Nabbed For Big Bitcoin Heist Involving Gox And Silk Road

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New information in the Silk Road case is sending ripples of schadenfreude through the cryptocurrency community as it reacts to a foiled effort by two US Federal Agents to skim thousands of Bitcoin out of Silk Road and Mt. Gox coffers.

According to a statement issued by the United States Department of Justice on Monday, two federal agents are charged with wire fraud, money laundering and falsifying government documents for stealing Bitcoin while working on the Silk Road investigation.

The agents were part of a Baltimore-based task force investigating the Silk Road marketplace. Their mission included the task of building a relationship with Ross Ulbricht (aka Dread Pirate Roberts the accused owner of Silk Road who was found guilty last month). The two agents leveraged their status as federal agents to mislead, pressure, and personally profit from their activities during the investigation all of it which went unreported or unnoticed to the departments that employed them.

Information in the criminal complaint revealed that the Baltimore task force gained administrator access to Silk Road after arresting one of its employees. Secret Service Agent Shaun Bridges then logged into the Silk Road admin account that afternoon to personally conduct sizeable thefts from Silk Road accounts.

This theft was the cornerstone of the alleged kill for hire requests that were part of the case against Ulbrichts. After the BTC went missing, Ulbricht had offered money to kill an employee who he believed stole from the Silk Road. Little did he know that it was Bridges, acting as the employee, who did the siphoning.

Whats interesting is that these Bitcoins were moved from Silk Road to Mt. Gox by Shaun Bridges where he could exchange them from BTC to USD, giving him time to set up a LLC and open a bank account so he could send the funds back to the United States.

During that same time the other federal agent charged, Carl Force, reached out to Mark Karpeles of Mt. Gox via Linkedin and asked if he would back Force on a sale of 250 bitcoins. Force said he was a federal agent but was looking for other employment.

During this time, Bridges funded his bank account with nine wires from Mt. Gox totaling $820,000 in a three month period. After completing these bank transfers, Bridges signed the seizure warrant against Mt. Gox, confiscating $5 million USD shutting down the Bitcoin exchange in the process. The affadavit charged that Mt. Gox was acting as a money services business without a license, unlawfully allowing people to exchange bitcoins to fiat currency an activity which Shaun Bridges had conducted just days before.

A lovely email from Carl Force after the Mt. Gox seizure mockingly told Karpeles that he should have partnered with him an offer which was declined by Karpeles a couple days before the shutdown. Its important to note that Carl Force, a DEA Special Agent for 15 years was doubly employed during this time as a Compliance Officer for a Bitcoin exchange called coinMKT where he personally invested $110,000 USD worth of bitcoin.

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