[Strangler Lewis]

One may not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in a public place but one does have the right not to be detained without reasonable suspicion. I think if the issue were presented to it, even the current Supreme Court would issue a common sense opinion that says that the historical understanding of the Bill of Rights was that we get to go about our business free from police intrusion absent some cause. I think the court would hold that long term random surveillance by human police officers is an unconstitutional detention.

Technological random surveillance is another matter, and it's in this area that we'll be hoist by our own petard. The cops don't have to do flyovers to see if you're growing pot plants in your backyard. They can practically just go on Google Earth. The more technologically connected we become by clever devices, the easier it will be for the court to say that there's no privacy being intruded on.