Issues
The Dragnet State: How Geofence Warrants Turn Everyone into a Suspect
Imagine drawing a box on a map and declaring that every person who was within that area during a given time is a suspect in a crime.ย That is the effect of a surveillance tool called a geofence warrant.ย In practice, a geofence warrant allows law enforcement agencies...
Executive Order 6102: A Deep Dive into FDR’s Gold Confiscation Program
Franklin D. Rooseveltโs gold confiscation order in 1933 attempted to remove most gold from private hands. But due to widespread noncompliance, it ultimately failed to accomplish that goal. Nevertheless, the order and the acts that followed still wreaked havoc on...
Virtual Home Invasions: Weโre Not Safe from Government Peeping Toms
The spirit of the Constitution, drafted by men who chafed against the heavy-handed tyranny of an imperial ruler, would suggest that oneโs home is a fortress, safe from almost every kind of intrusion. Unfortunately, a collective assault by the governmentโs cabal of...
Is Your Car Spying on You?
Last week, Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Edward Markey of Massachusetts revealed that automobiles sold in the United States with a GPS or emergency call system accumulate the travel data of the vehicle on computer chips located in the vehicle and the vehicle...