oohrah wrote:Well, if you drive on a public street, that's a privilege, not a right. No expectation of privacy.
Is it a privilege? And how does that affect your expectation of privacy? If you walk down the street is that a privilege or a right? Do you have any expectation of privacy walking vs. driving? Carrying a handgun is a privilege in Texas, correct? Yet it's guaranteed in the Constitution (or is it?). Who grants you privileges and are they subject to being taken away for any reason?
Do we have a right to be secure in our papers, persons,... and effects...from unreasonable search and seizure when driving...or only in our homes?
I think what it boils down to is that copying (automatically) down license numbers is not an unreasonable search, though that doesn't mean that the Feds should do it.