I hate wicked problems like this. Yes it does open the door to a surveillance state. And yet lets face it, extremist religious groups are acknowledged as being a source of terrorists.

I think religious org's should be watched (if we can't ban them). All of them but Islam is a violent one. Mohammed's New Testament, written after reaching Mecca, supersedes the part written before then and he was a bit angry. Christianity and Hindi obviously have their violent Sects. Even Buddhists sometimes venture into the bloody fray. Watch all of them. That should be an expected aspect of public religion.

We already have massive surveillance going on, both from the our government, China, and numerous private entities. As so much terrorism derives from the religiously motivated, surveillance should be part of bargain of being tax free. If they're really law abiding, they should look at it as outreach and shut the fuck up.

Soooo, you think all those satellites up there are for TV shows?
We were told, in 1973, as DOD Secret & higher-clearance employees at a nuclear submarine building facility, that the satellites Then could read your badge number from the 3"x5" ID on your lapel.
Do you think the sophistication of surveillance has Fallen since then?

I read the SCOTUS ruling. It’s very complicated but this surveillance door has been open for years.

Surveillance doors have been open for decades. The FBI’s J. Edgar Hoover surveilled Martin Luther King, Jr. Surveillance doors were open for Viet Nam War protesters.

WW One protestors were jailed, as were women who taught poor women how to avoid pregnancy. Ask 19th century labor union organizers if they were surveilled. During slavery, escapees iwere tracked. In the 1790s, criticizing the government was illegal.

It’s safe to say governments have always surveilled.