Former Cop To High Court: Compelling Smartphone Passcode Violates 5th Amendment

Mealey's (January 28, 2021, 10:55 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A former law enforcement officer tells the U.S. Supreme Court in a Jan. 7 petition for certiorari that a court order requiring him to provide passcodes to unlock his smartphones violated the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution because the passcodes might lead to the discovery of incriminating evidence....