AI Does NOT Override the Bill of Rights!
The short version: Mrs. Dave the Lawyer highlights Sen. Josh Hawley's point that the Fourth Amendment doesn't get a tech exemption, and neither should Flock's camera network.
Our Take
Credit to Mrs. Dave the Lawyer for distilling a point we've been hammering for years: the Constitution doesn't come with a software update clause. Sen. Hawley's argument cuts right to the core of the ALPR debate — just because Flock Safety's cameras run on AI and cloud databases doesn't mean the old rules about unreasonable search and seizure quietly stop applying. Technology changes the scale and speed of surveillance, not the legal baseline our rights are supposed to guarantee.
This matters because the entire business model of automated plate readers depends on normalizing a loophole — the idea that tracking every car, every day, everywhere isn't a 'search' because no single officer is watching. Courts are increasingly skeptical of that argument, and lawmakers across the political spectrum, from both the left and the right, are starting to notice that a nationwide, privately-run license plate dragnet looks a lot like the general warrants the Fourth Amendment was written to kill off.
If you want to see how far this network already reaches into your own neighborhood, check our camera map, and if you're ready to push back on it locally, our take-action page has concrete steps for getting these systems in front of your city council.
This is DeFlock The USA’s original commentary. The video above is the work of Mrs. Dave the Lawyer, published on YouTube — full credit to the creator.