Likely illegal doesn&#x27;t mean anything. It&#x27;s the judicial branch that decides whether it is or is not legal. It&#x27;s not until that point.<p>For some reason there&#x27;s a lot of leeway for the government to push boundaries in this regard. The running outcome is that if something was not expressly illegal then there&#x27;s no prosecution but a slap on the wrist. The judicial branch should start taking a much harder line against overreach; they should begin operating the other way: if it&#x27;s a case of citizen rights and privacy then it&#x27;s not legal unless it&#x27;s expressly legal.