http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/us...h-privacy.html
Even when the owner has been arrested in possession of the item.
This is exciting news for the future of our country.
Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/26/us...h-privacy.html
Even when the owner has been arrested in possession of the item.
This is exciting news for the future of our country.
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-Eric "George Orwell" Blair
"If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
(Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861).
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Re: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
With pretty much all political trends going the other way, I for one celebrate these news!!
Re: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
A good decision -- I have always been "leery" of warrantless searches of any kind. Too much "fishing expedition" not enough "investigation."
Now, let's get some of the more noisome elements of the Patriot Act dropped -- there were a few improvements that are worthy of maintaining -- and I will be even happier.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
Re: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
If a smart phone contains that much information (and it does) what can be said of government monitoring our every move electronically and reading our e-mails?
This would seem to be a very important ruling. It is not often that they go against the wishes of the other branches.
Education: that which reveals to the wise,
and conceals from the stupid,
the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain
Re: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
Does the ruling stop Warrantless intercepts of traffic between devices?
Our genes maybe in the basement but it does not stop us chosing our point of view from the top.
Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat
Pape for global overlord!!
Re: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
The ruling doesn’t deal with anything but cell phones. It could be extrapolated to that degree but it will take a case to get a ruling, and it won’t guarantee these people will be consistent.
Education: that which reveals to the wise,
and conceals from the stupid,
the vast limits of their knowledge.
Mark Twain
Re: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
It's a good step forward. I think we can all agree that this was a good decision.
Re: Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Mandating a Warrant to Search Cell-Phone/Computer
No, it cannot guarantee a future decision. However, on those occasions where the court has made a pronouncement on evidence and procedure with a unanimous vote, they ARE serving notice that similar concerns are to be handled the same way unless and until a major shift in the court has occurred. The unanimous rulings tend to have a lasting power and impact that other decisions do not.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
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