Symposium: In Riley v. California, a unanimous Supreme Court sets out Fourth Amendment for digital age

The Court’s unanimous decision in the cellphone privacy cases brought the Fourth Amendment into the digital age. The opinion by the Chief Justice rests on a simple truth: “Cell phones differ in both a quantitative and a qualitative sense from other objects that might be kept on an arrestee’s person.” The outcome follows logically from … Continue reading Symposium: In Riley v. California, a unanimous Supreme Court sets out Fourth Amendment for digital age