The Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement’s use of a geofence warrant to obtain cellphone location data constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment, marking a significant privacy ruling ...
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In big win for Fourth Amendment advocates, the Supreme Court says 'geofence warrants' count as a 'search'
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a far-reaching decision on the constitutionality of a law enforcement tool that allows ...
Writing for the 6-3 majority, Justice Elena Kagan said that the technique, known as geofencing, violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against unreasonable searches.
Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in ...
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Every phone leaves a trail — Supreme Court holds location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment
Jason McCullough and Brandon Moss of Wiley Rein LLP examine the Supreme Court's decision in Chatrie v. United States, which ...
A recent New York court case upheld a murder conviction despite claims that DNA evidence used violated the defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. The case highlights ongoing legal questions about ...
Law enforcement officials frequently draw virtual fences around areas of interest and require Google to identify every cellphone in the area using cell location history. Dubbed a “geofence search,” ...
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