How is it legal for the Republican Party of New York to hire a private investigator who then places a GPS device on a Democratic assemblyman’s car in an effort to ascertain if he really lives in the district he represents?
I understand that it’s a dastardly deed, but the way it is being reported is that there wasn’t any actual crime. So, in New York State it is legal for anyone to track me with a GPS device if they hire a private investigator to do the job?
“I don’t know what’s worse — attempting to mislead the court in a lawsuit claiming I don’t live here, or having some creep crawl under my family car to place a GPS tracking device to stalk us,” [Assemblyman Edward] Hennessey (D-Suffolk) said. “With this disturbing behavior, [Republican Dean] Murray has taken negative campaigning to a new low. The judge affirmed I live in the district, and now voters should question whether this man who has gone to such bizarre lengths to prove otherwise is really fit for public office.”
If there isn’t a law against putting tracking devices on people’s cars, there is something wrong with the law.
How about a lawyer explain this to me?
