Supreme Court Skeptical of Police Searching Cellphones Without Warrants

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Supreme Court Skeptical of Police Searching Cellphones Without Warrants
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The U.SSupreme Court (http://mashable.com/category/supreme-court/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) faced a seemingly simple question on Tuesday: can police ******rs search through the cellphone of someone they've arrested without obtaining a warrant to do so?

During the arguments on two separate, but very similar, cases, the Justices seemed at least open to the idea of limiting the existing rule, which doesn't require police ******rs to get a warrant. But they also seemed to struggle to figure out exactly how to give Americans more privacy protections in the digital age.

See also: 7 Landmark Tech Laws Passed in 2013 (http://mashable.com/2013/12/06/biggest-tech-laws-2013/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


Privacy and legal experts see the two cases as an unprecedented opportunity for the Supreme Court to weigh in on how new tech**logies are changing Americans' privacy rights. Here are the most important takeaways from the two cases heard today. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/04/29/supreme-court-warrantless-cellphone-search-hearing/?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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