Justices Hear Arguments On 4th Amendment Rights And Cell Location Records

Mealey's (November 29, 2017, 4:34 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Nov. 29 on implications under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over the government’s collection of historical cell site location information (CSLI) records via an order issued under the Stored Communications Act (SCA), with the parties debating the expectation of privacy in such records and the application of decades-old legislation and case law to situations involving modern technology (Timothy Ivory Carpenter v. United States of America, No. 16-402, U.S. Sup.)....