Supreme Court To Hear Dispute Over 4th Amendment Rights In Cell Location Records

Mealey's (June 5, 2017, 1:05 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In its June 5 order list, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to a man who argues that his rights under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution were violated when the government obtained his historical cell site location information (CSLI) records via an order issued under the Stored Communications Act (SCA), rather than via a search warrant requiring a showing of probable cause (Timothy Ivory Carpenter v. United States of America, No. 16-402, U.S. Sup.)....