The court heard oral arguments this week in the case of a robbery suspect who was identified after police obtained cell phone ...

Supreme Court case on phone location tracking during crimes could rewrite digital privacy rules affecting everyday smartphone ...

Police track down unidentified suspects through smartphone data. The Supreme Court will decide whether such 'groundbreaking' ...

Some justices seemed to advocate for a relatively narrow ruling that would clarify what such warrants require, even if it ...

The Fourth Amendment protects all persons from warrantless government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers and effects. It requires that warrants be supported by ...

"Geofence" searches illustrate the perilous combination of modern technology and deference to law enforcement.

A convicted felon wants the Justices to bar ‘geofence’ warrants of the kind that let police catch him in Chatrie v. U.S.

The US Supreme Court is gearing up to grapple with the extent to which smartphone users surrender their Fourth Amendment rights when they transmit their locations to digital service providers.

Recently, FBI Director Kash Patel told the Senate Intelligence Committee that the Bureau purchases commercially available data that can track Americans’ movements and location histories. When Sen. Ron ...

Perhaps you’ve heard of the Fourth Amendment. That’s the one that guarantees freedom from unfettered government snooping, the one that says government needs probable cause and a warrant before it can ...