Showing posts with label Fourth Amendment. Show all posts
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Friday, June 27, 2014
FOURTH AMENDMENT DEFENDED, PRIVACY HAWKS REJOICE OVER SCOTUS RULING
By: Josh Peterson
6/27/2014 08:39 AMThis article originally appeared on watchdog.org.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation’s High Court drew a clear line in the sand Wednesday when it unanimously ruled police must obtain a warrant before searching the contents of a suspect’s cell phone, winning the praise of advocates fearful of the privacy threat citizens face from eager government officials.
The fruits of a global war against Islamic extremism have forced the nation to reassess how federal, state and local law enforcement officials may take advantage of the mobile technologies citizens carry around in their pockets.
“The fact that technology now allows an individual to carry such information in his hand does not make the information any less worthy of the protection for which the Founders fought,” said Chief Justice John Roberts, who wrote the opinion for the High Court.
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