[levinb]

I won't belabor points I've made below, but I do want to agree with you about 3rd party doctrine in general; the modern world makes it almost impossible to live a normal life without non-consensually making your self available for full time monitoring by everyone within eyesight of you.

I think the point of this article is actually being elided over some by the conversation here though; it appears that these agencies are largely following the law. The question is, how broad should the reach of LE go given their legitimate authority?

In the current scenario, should a LEO from Idaho be allowed to see prescription records from a pharmacy in California? Should they have the right to get data from CVS about things that didn't happen in Idaho? Every prescription ever? Every doctors note?

The law as it stands allows states to determine the reproductive rights of their citizens and investigate violations thereof (note that I don't agree with the law, or the Supreme Court here). I think the question being raised by this letter is, what breadth of access should some Sheriff have over your medical records, and really, what the heck is even going on with this now?

The Dobbs case has opened up a new frontier of potential abuse, and I think the letter and article are appropriately exploring that frontier.