Just kidding.

So, I really was going to move on to another topic for this post, but this court ruling seemed important enough to warrant breaking my word.  An appeals court has ruled that the government does not require a search warrant in order to track the location of your cell phone signal.  Yes, that's right, the government needs to provide no probable cause in order to require cell phone companies to provide records of your whereabouts.  Supposedly, the court can rule on occasion that a search warrant is needed, but this is the exception to the rule, and the ruling leaves things vague enough that it gives the government carte blanche to track any individual it deems to be of interest.

Not to beat a dead horse here, but why would the government find it necessary to operate without judicial oversight?  I mean let's be real, the courts are supposed to act as a check, but are a part of the State and act in it's interests.  So why the desire to operate free of their supervision?  Could it be that they know their current conduct is particularly egregious and indefensible?  Has anyone being paying attention to what the government has being doing with the powers already at it's disposal?