alt Hacker NewsRight, but the point is, no law is being avoided. The comment I responded to wrote:
> Always easier when you can avoid the law and just buy it off the shelf. (Emphasis mine)
No law is being avoided, neither in your banking example nor in the situation with Clearview. To be sure, people can have whatever opinion on the law that they want. But I do want to make it clear the the government is not "avoiding" any law here.
> No law is being avoided
Following the conversation, this reads as too strong a statement. The Constitution is law, and it (the fourth amendment) is being avoided via the Bank Secrecy Act. The Constitution supersedes any conflicting Acts of Congress.