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Scale does not matter. Here’s a quote from Chatrie:

  > Still more fundamentally, we have never understood Fourth Amendment protections as kicking in only once an intrusion “goes too far.” Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon, 260 U. S. 393, 415 (1922) (adopting that approach for regulatory takings). Where the Fourth Amendment applies, it applies—regardless of “the quality or quantity of information” the government obtains. Kyllo, 533 U. S., at 37.
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf


Scale doesn't matter in a clear 4A violation.

Scale does matter in what characterises a clear 4A violation.

Nationwide pervasive cross-referenced AI-augmented ALPR is a 4A violation on account of that scale.

(I'd argue that that relevant scale threshold is far lower, but probably above the single-officer-in-a-single-cruiser manually taking notes level.)




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