Will the Fourth Amendment Go Mobile? SCOTUS and the Fate of 21st Century Privacy

If the Supreme Court upholds a police officer's right to search your smartphone without a warrant, the door is opened to the use of arrests on petty offenses to justify fishing expeditions of those computers we carry in our pockets.

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