First Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Eight Months of Warrantless 24/7 Video Surveillance

EFF Legal Intern Talya Nevins contributed to the drafting of this blog post.

A federal appellate court in Massachusetts has issued a ruling that effectively allows federal agents in Puerto Rico and most of New England to secretly watch and videorecord all activity in front of anyone’s home 24 hours a day, for as long as they want—and all without a warrant. This case, United States v. Moore-Bush, conflicts with a ruling from Massachusetts’s highest court, which held in …

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