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04-29-2014, 06:55 PM
Supreme Court to Decide If Cops Can Search Cellphones Without Warrants
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The Supreme Court will hear two cases on Tuesday that could decide whether police ******rs need warrants to search through the cellphones of people they arrest.
The justices' decision could extend beyond the two particular cases and have widespread ramifications on privacy rights: Should a cellphone be treated like a wallet, which a cop can rummage through upon arrest without a judge's permission, or like a home, which requires a warrant?
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"It's an opportunity for the court to decide and examine once again," said Hanni Fakhoury, a staff attorney at Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights organization. "What does the Fourth Amendment mean in the 21st century?" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/supreme-court-warrantless-cellphone-search/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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The Supreme Court will hear two cases on Tuesday that could decide whether police ******rs need warrants to search through the cellphones of people they arrest.
The justices' decision could extend beyond the two particular cases and have widespread ramifications on privacy rights: Should a cellphone be treated like a wallet, which a cop can rummage through upon arrest without a judge's permission, or like a home, which requires a warrant?
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"It's an opportunity for the court to decide and examine once again," said Hanni Fakhoury, a staff attorney at Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a digital rights organization. "What does the Fourth Amendment mean in the 21st century?" Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/supreme-court-warrantless-cellphone-search/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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