Supremes: Police Must Have Warrants to Search Cell Phones Wednesday Jun 25 2014 15:11 EDT In addition to the Supreme Court's ruling on Aereo, the court today also issued a mammoth ruling that declares law enforcement needs a warrant if they're to search the cell phones of citizens who are arrested. The Obama administration and state prosecutors had pushed for the right to search devices without warrants, arguing that a cellphone was "materially indistinguishable" from any other package found on a suspect. The court made it very clear they weren't having it. "Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple—get a warrant," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote (pdf). |
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mob (banned)
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2014-Jun-25 2:46 pm
The police will ignore this rulingThe NSA ignores the Constitution every day so why should a local thug with a badge and a gun be held to it? | |
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StuartMW
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2014-Jun-25 3:22 pm
IronicIt's ironic that the SCOTUS has a problem with local cops going through your cell phone but has none with the NSA collecting all your internet traffic.
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