Ars Technica, November 8, 2011
By Timothy B. Lee

Police say nightclub manager Antoine Jones was the ringleader of a cocaine trafficking operation, and they had enough evidence to convince a jury he was guilty. There's just one problem: a key part of the government's case came from a GPS tracking device the police secretly attached to Jones' car. Jones argues that the installation and use of the device violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The Supreme Court heard Jones' argument early this week.

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