From Sacred Plant To Supreme Court: How Illegal Surveillance Threatens Everyone

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A simple question with enormous consequences: can the government send someone into your home to record you without a warrant and use it to put you in prison? We sit down with longtime activist Wesley Sudberry to unpack how a cannabis case became a national referendum on surveillance, biometric rights, and the Fourth Amendment.

Wesley walks us through years behind bars, the uphill fight to get attorneys to argue statutory protections Congress already wrote, and why the Ninth Circuit’s reliance on old precedent misses the constitutional difference between being recorded in someone else’s home and being secretly recorded in your own. We also explore Hawaii’s unique privacy culture, Roger Christie’s THC Ministry, and a new push for a Biometric Privacy and Self-Ownership Act that treats your face, voice, and name as data you own—not assets for agencies or tech platforms to harvest.

This conversation widens from a single prosecution to the world we all live in: doorbell cameras, always-on mics, facial recognition on street lamps, and apps that quietly map our movements. If the Supreme Court grants review, the outcome could vacate convictions, force clearer suppression rules, and reset how law enforcement handles digital evidence. If it doesn’t, warrantless infiltration risks becoming a silent norm. Either way, knowledge is power. Hear the legal strategy, the human cost, and the road ahead—and decide where you stand on the line between security and freedom.

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