Posted on 06/25/2014 7:59:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police cannot go snooping through peoples cell phones without a warrant, in a unanimous decision that amounts to a major statement in favor of privacy rights.
Police agencies had argued that searching through the data on cell phones was no different than asking someone to turn out his pockets, but the justices rejected that, saying a cell phone is more fundamental.
The ruling amounts to a 21st century update to legal understanding of privacy rights.
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, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the unanimous court.
Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple get a warrant.
Justices even said police cannot check a cellphones call log, saying even those contain more information that just phone numbers, and so perusing them is a violation of privacy that can only be justified with a warrant.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Did anyone remember to tell the NSA?
The search algorithm seems to ignore punctuation marks and extra spaces in its matching criteria. The ellipsis is a punctuation mark, so it is ignored in the search. The words that are used in the search match all words used in the title, so it is found....................
Does anyone think this means anything to the MARXIST in the White Hut? He will ignore it just like he has ignored other court decisions.
HE may ignore it, but the local policia cannot...............
And our Police State will simply ignore the ruling.
The title fit just fine, even the addition with some of the subtitle.
Observe how it was done (look at title as modified to conform to standards/rules) and do it properly next time.
If they do, they cannot introduce in court any evidence they found for prosecution................
Will do.................
I've seen speculation that today's ruling was so broad that it could be used to challenge the NSA, actually.
Dude, get over it already. Don’t be so thin-skinned. You’re hijacking your own thread.
Searching for the exact title with the comma - as copied from The Washington Times - does not find a match.
Don't forget the parallel construction
crap they use to construct a legally-acceptable case using legally-unacceptable information.
I would think it applies to your email, but not to the internet, which is public for anyone to search.
This is why, if I was President, I'd throw them [the USSC] in indefinite detention
(with access to lawbooks/resources via a PFC) under the NDAA and their own ruling that indefinite detention is kosher… once their decisions start impacting them negatively, you can bet your ass they'll reverse it.
PS — I'd also love to see their personal property taken under Kelo-reasoning.
I think the key here is that the information on the device is not observable until a search warrant is obtained.
As far as confiscating the device, the courts have held that law enforcement has a duty to gather evidence. If someone is recording an incident, the recording could hold information relating to that person’s guilt or innocence.
If the device is confiscated for evidence, a receipt must be given and the device logged into property and evidence before the end of shift. This is the policy in California and Arizona.
By confiscating the device, it prevents the evidence from being photo shopped or altered.
For the cop haters, please don’t insult the intelligent people on this forum with stupid questions like “What’s to prevent the jack booted thugs from altering the evidence?”
That's not a stupid question though — remember the parking-lot video-tapes that were taken as evidence when that Army guy was shot. (NV Costco, IIRC)
I am sorry I am not familiar with that incident. Do you have a link I may check?
This is the incident: http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/sep/23/officer-deadly-shooting-says-man-pointed-gun-didnt/
I couldn’t find an article detailing the missing video — but it disappeared/”was unrecoverable” from the lab they sent it to.
Fixed that for ya. You're welcome!
The blind squirrels.....[sigh]
Now let them enforce it.
Good luck with that. Google, Verizon, ATT, et al spy on our phones all day, the NSA collects all that information, then uses it all without indirectly snooping on our individual phones. I have no faith law enforcement agencies in any capacity will act in accordance with the laws. NONE.
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