It argues that video surveillance cameras on public streets are objectionable on at least two constitutional grounds. First, the surveillance is an unreasonable search under the fourth amendment. Second, it is prohibited by the first amendment because it can inhibit freedom of expression and association. While cases can be cited indicating that the intentional television surveillance of specific individuals is considered to be a search, the Supreme Court has held that when individuals are outside their homes or other private places, they have no reasonable expectation of privacy in their public movements. However, electronic surveillance so alters the climate of community life that it constitutes an unwarranted invasion of privacy and chills free expression and association. Acknowledging that technological advances will increase the probability of new kinds of electronic surveillance, the article recommends that State legislatures enact statutes strictly regulating surveillance systems in order to limit abuse and to ensure that they intrude as little as possible on personal privacy. 99 footnotes.