[The Antiyuppie]

Isn’t anyone very disturbed that there is any doubt that this is illegal on the very face of it?

[pluvmantelo]

I am. I wonder if, in the cases involving address books etc., search means looking for contraband or searching for the information contained therein or both.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Not really, since the SCOTUS has long held that any conversation that uses a cellphone has no expectation of privacy. They have really beaten the issue to death, that any and every form of electronic communication can be monitored by the government at whim.

In most cases, even face to face communication has little protection. If the government installs listening devices, it is a crime to tamper with them, interfere with them, or even point them out to others.

[Girlene]

Isn’t anyone very disturbed that there is any doubt that this is illegal on the very face of it?

I am. I am also skeptical that the SC will decide the Consitution means what it says.