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...
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...
A federal appeals court has halted a California law that requires visible identification for law enforcement, including immigration agents, agreeing with the Trump administration on Wednesday that the mandate is likely unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had put the law briefly on hold until it could take a closer look. The new ruling keeps enforcement paused until the court fully resolves...
A federal appeals court has halted a California law that requires visible identification for law enforcement, including immigration agents, agreeing with the Trump administration on Wednesday that the mandate is likely unconstitutional. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit had put the law briefly on hold until it could take a closer look. The new ruling keeps enforcement paused until the court fully resolves...
After concessions from the government about its limits, the Supreme Court appeared open to backing the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) setup for imposing massive fines at oral arguments on Tuesday. The justices are reviewing more than $100 million in combined penalties against Verizon and AT&T over their use of customers’ location data. The companies say...
After concessions from the government about its limits, the Supreme Court appeared open to backing the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) setup for imposing massive fines at oral arguments on Tuesday. The justices are reviewing more than $100 million in combined penalties against Verizon and AT&T over their use of customers’ location data. The companies say...