Think this is a good thing? I do. In the old days, a cell phone just had numbers and contacts, now it can have pictures, websites, etc. Good to see the Supremes get this one right.
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
Today a smart phone is a hand held computer, law enforcement should have to follow the same rules as they would for seizing and searching a computer.
NSA on the other hand can get what they want without physically touching a computer... Does the law apply to the NSA? I guess it depends on who is tasking the NSA with collecting information. :Whistle
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
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‘Get a Warrant’: John Roberts Gives the Cops a Benchslap in Riley v. California
16 Reason.com Full Feed by Damon Root
The Fourth Amendment protects our "persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures." Today, in the case of Riley v. California, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that this constitutional protection extends to the cellphones we carry around with us, even when the police have placed us under arrest and would like to search those cellphones without a warrant in the hopes of finding some incriminating evidence. "Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple," declared Chief Justice John Roberts, "get a warrant."
It's a welcome decision and a well-deserved victory for digital privacy. It's also a stinging benchslap for the Obama administration and the other parties who lined up in favor of aggressive law enforcement tactics in this case. For example, according to one legal filing submitted by the Obama administration, "Although cell phones can contain a great deal of personal information, so can many other items that officers have long had authority to search, and the search of a cell phone is no more intrusive than other actions that the police may take once a person has been lawfully arrested." Translation: The Fourth Amendment should not apply."...
Yeah big whoop! Even a broken clock is correct 2x every day. Guess these idjuts all carry cell phones so its personal to them. Not thrilled or impressed with most other supreme decisions in recent years, and the commie dictator in the WH is still out of control.
