Supreme Court grapples with use of ‘geofence warrants’ by law enforcement

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The Supreme Court dove into a digital age issue on Monday as it grappled with how to apply constitutional protections against unreasonable searches to cellphone location data.  Across two hours of arguments, the justices questioned whether the government violated a man’s Fourth Amendment rights when it used a geofence warrant during a bank robbery investigation to…

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Supreme Court grapples with use of ‘geofence warrants’ by law enforcement
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Supreme Court grapples with use of ‘geofence warrants’ by law enforcement

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The Supreme Court dove into a digital age issue on Monday as it grappled with how to apply constitutional protections against unreasonable searches to cellphone location data.  Across two hours of arguments, the justices questioned whether the government violated a man’s Fourth Amendment rights when it used a geofence warrant during a bank robbery investigation to…