>It's whole different sections of government that decide where the line is. The police should push using every tool they have until the courts or the legislatur

>It's whole different sections of government that decide where the line is. The police should push using every tool they have until the courts or the legislature say it's to much. That works until the police start hiding what they're doing from the courts and the legislature. Look at the hoops they've jumped through to keep Stingray information away from judicial scrutiny, even dropping entire cases rather than letting Stringray details come to light. That's the whole intention of parallel construction, too. You step way over the line to collect evidence illegally, but then you find a way to pretend you only stepped over a little bit. Checks and balances only work when each side knows what the other is up to.