Tag: FOURTHAMENDMENT

The Fourth Amendment requires all law-enforcement officials to obtain a search warrant before seizing a suspect's personal property. According to the California Supreme Court, though, the law doesn't apply to cell phones. In a 5-to-2 vote, the court ruled that police don't need a search warrant to search an arrested individual's cell phone -- because cell phones, in essence, are like clothing. ...

A U.S. appeals court has determined that federal investigators must obtain a search warrant before accessing a suspect's e-mail account, in a ruling that makes an obscene amount of sense. The case, U.S. v. Warshak, involves a man named Steven Warshak, who created Enzyte -- the "natural male enhancement." A few years ago, Warshak came under fire from the FTC, which claimed that his products ...

A federal judge in California recently ruled that police can place a GPS on a person's car without his or her knowledge without seeking a warrant. CNN reports that Juan Pineda-Moreno's appeal was rejected for the third time in early August by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers nine West Coast states. Pineda-Moreno claimed that Oregon DEA agents had violated his privacy by ...