Time Magazine cited a comment by Professor Donald Tibbs’ on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a Fourth Amendment case as a "."
Tibbs said the court's unanimous decision that police must obtain a warrant before installing a GPS tracking device on a suspected criminal's vehicle “sends a message that technological advances cannot outpace the American Constitution."
The court ruled on Jan. 23 that police who install GPS tracking devices on the vehicles of criminal suspects without obtaining a warrant violate the Fourth Amendment.
The court upheld an appeals court ruling that overturned a narcotics conviction of a D.C. nightclub owner whose vehicle police had tracked by way of GPS for a month without obtaining a warrant.
Tibbs told the Associated Press that the unanimous decision “sends a message that technological advances cannot outpace the American Constitution."
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