Wasn’t the point of their comment “that give that data willingly”? If a company is constantly giving tips by choice, why wouldn’t the government be allowed to use it? Is the law written in such a way that the government can’t politely ask / be snitched to? I thought everything was fair game if a polite request was made and accepted.
I completely disagree with what they should be allowed to ask politely for; but, isn’t that the state of the world?
As another comment stated, this is only for CSLI data. Tracking data from a different third party is still fair game, and that's what the IRS was/is using.
That's kind of the point of a supreme court; the realization that it's impossible to get all of this stuff right in a legislative body and someone has to resolve the conflicts.
Wasn’t the point of their comment “that give that data willingly”? If a company is constantly giving tips by choice, why wouldn’t the government be allowed to use it? Is the law written in such a way that the government can’t politely ask / be snitched to? I thought everything was fair game if a polite request was made and accepted.
I completely disagree with what they should be allowed to ask politely for; but, isn’t that the state of the world?
As another comment stated, this is only for CSLI data. Tracking data from a different third party is still fair game, and that's what the IRS was/is using.
It's ridiculous that our best reference for what is legal or not is a supreme court ruling these days.
That's kind of the point of a supreme court; the realization that it's impossible to get all of this stuff right in a legislative body and someone has to resolve the conflicts.
No dude, that's the point of having written laws.
Since Hammurabi.
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That's... Always been the case?
Why bother putting laws in writing?
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The United States has a common law system, which relies heavily l heavily on court precedent.
https://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/lawschool/pre-law/intro-to-....