WASHINGTON—A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police must obtain a warrant to search the vast amount of information on a suspect's cellphone, broadly protecting Americans' privacy rights in the digital age.
The opinion, by Chief Justice John Roberts, dismissed law-enforcement arguments that no legal distinction existed between smartphones and the pocket litter that police long have been permitted to search when arresting a suspect—for instance, wallets, cigarette wrappers and address books.
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Supremes rule police need a warrant to search cell phones
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Bob Of Burleson
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Re: Supremes rule police need a warrant to search cell phone
I think several cases will now be overthrown because the case hinged on what was found on the cell phone.
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