Supreme
Court to
Decide If
Cops Can
Search Cellphones Without Warrants
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?"
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