U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Warrantless GPS Device Tracking by Police

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 27, 2011.  The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear a case to decide whether law enforcement agencies must first establish probable cause and obtain a warrant before they can secretly attach a GPS tracking device to a vehicle. The ACLU of the National Capital Area and the Electronic Frontier Foundation previously submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in the case, U.S. v. Jones, arguing that the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement applies and that the level…