The Obama administration is arguing before a federal appeals court that government authorities should not need a warrant to place GPS tracking devices on suspects’ vehicles, Wired reports. The move comes a year after the Supreme Court ruled that government authorities did not have that right. According to CNET News, the administration believes last year’s ruling does not account for all scenarios. “This case is the government’s primary hope that it does not need a judge’s approval to attach a GPS device to a car,” said the ACLU’s Catherine Crump. She will be part of the proceedings in the 3^rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia, PA.
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