Now here’s a good decision. But it was a 5-4 decision! This should have been an overwhelming majority.
I need to read the opinions. But I don’t understand how the conservative justices (Justices Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, and Neil Gorsuch) dissented. This is a no-brainer.
Supreme Court says warrant necessary for phone location data
The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of digital privacy. In a 5-4 decision on Friday the justices decided that police need warrants to gather phone location data as evidence fortrials. The Supreme Court reversed and remanded the Sixth Circuit court’s decision. Carpenter v.