What is the problem?
This is a civil rights lawsuit seeking relief from an unconstitutional licensing and warrantless search regime that empowers Kansas government officials to enter and search homes, private property, buildings, and records of law-abiding Kansans–without prior notice, without a warrant, without probable cause, without reasonable suspicion, and without proper consent.
The licensing and warrantless search regime ignores basic and fundamental property and privacy rights.
The regime also mandates and penalizes law-abiding Kansans if they or their government-mandated “designated representative” is more than thirty minutes from their property when the government inspector shows up for the surprise search.
Scott and Harlene should be able to travel away from their home without fear of being fined by the government. 
Kansas’ licensing and warrantless inspection regime for bird dog trainers and handlers like Scott is unconstitutional. The warrantless inspection regime ignores the very reasons our Founders insisted on the Fourth Amendment in the first place.
This isn’t a new problem. In 1761, during a fiery, five-hour speech, James Otis railed against a British statute that authorized searches of Colonists’ homes and businesses by British customs agents. He rightly declared it the “worst instrument of arbitrary power, the most destructive of English liberty and the fundamental principles of law, that ever was found in an English law book.” He went on. “Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle[.]”
The Fourth Amendment protects property rights, privacy rights, and was meant to protect against the very type of governmental intrusions Scott and others face. Everyone has a right to be secure in their homes, persons, papers, and effects. Even bird dog trainers.
Scott and Harlene are challenging the unreasonable and unconstitutional licensing and warrantless search regime in court. The lawsuit is about keeping the government in check, making sure Kansans’ homes stay their castles, and preventing the government from forcing people to waive their rights just so they can earn a living.