<story><title>When the government hides spy cameras on your land, fight back in court</title><url>https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2021/12/13/when-government-hides-spy-cameras-your-land-fight-back-court/6500524001/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Ansil849</author><text>This article turns into a rant after the first few paragraphs, leaving me confused about the actual facts behind the story. Is it legal for the government to setup surveillance cameras on someone&amp;#x27;s land, to monitor their land? From the article, it sounds like this is exactly what was done.</text></comment>
<story><title>When the government hides spy cameras on your land, fight back in court</title><url>https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2021/12/13/when-government-hides-spy-cameras-your-land-fight-back-court/6500524001/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rahimnathwani</author><text>The government&amp;#x27;s justification for this is the open fields doctrine, which comes from a supreme court ruling that says that fourth amendment protections don&amp;#x27;t apply to &amp;#x27;open fields&amp;#x27;:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Open-fields_doctrine&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Open-fields_doctrine&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>