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Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed for Cell Phone Searches

By Jeralyn, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 12:17:26 PM EST
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The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in two cases today that police must get a warrant to search a cell phone after arrest.

Roberts noted in his opinion that cellphones "are now such a pervasive and insistent part of daily life that the proverbial visitor from Mars might conclude they were an important feature of human anatomy."

The cases are Riley v. California and U.S. v. Wurie. The opinion is here. Lyle Denniston at ScotusBlog has this analysis of the opinion.

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    Supreme Court Rules Warrant Needed for Cell Phone Searches | 5 comments (5 topical)

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    Unanimous... (5.00 / 3) (#1)
    by kdog on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 02:18:27 PM EST
    is a most pleasant surprise...good to know the boot-licking has some limits.

    Really is nice to see for a change (5.00 / 2) (#5)
    by ruffian on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 09:11:15 PM EST


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    I'm thinking this was too close to home (none / 0) (#2)
    by oculus on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 03:14:10 PM EST
    for the "originalist"!schtick to prevail.

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    Yeah... (5.00 / 3) (#3)
    by kdog on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 03:38:01 PM EST
    even justices have cell phones with dirt in them...I can only imagine what is in Clarence's device! Only the NSA knows....

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    Oh My! (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by squeaky on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 04:25:59 PM EST
    I can only imagine what is in Clarence's device!

    If that is true, you have a very dirty mind..

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