AgWeb: Feds Claim Access to 1.2 Billion Private Acres Without Warrant or Probable Cause

AgWeb: Feds Claim Access to 1.2 Billion Private Acres Without Warrant or Probable Cause by Chris Bennett (“The federal government asserts power over at least 96% of all private land in the U.S.” “How much private land can the federal government access without probable cause, search warrant, or consent? Almost all of it, as in 1.2 billion acres, or at least 96% of all private holdings in the United States. The staggering numbers, tabulated in research by Institute for Justice (IJ), highlight the scope of the Open Fields doctrine—the power of federal officials to enter and surveil private land with no limitations on frequency or duration.”)