The Supreme Court has a message for Kentucky on surveillance: Get a warrant

By: Caleb O. Brown, Dan Canon

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: August 12, 2026

Words: 1,319

Last Updated: 6 days, 18 hours ago

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Kentucky’s new license plate camera law is now in effect, and it already looks out of step with the Constitution. Just before it took effect, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the commonwealth a warning its lawmakers cannot afford to ignore.

On June 29, the Court ruled in Chatrie v. United States that police conduct a Fourth Amendment search when they obtain a person’s location data — even from a private company, and even …

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