General Discussion

Amy Howe
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10:09 AM
next up is Chatrie v. US
Justice Kagan has the opinion.
Rory K. Little
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10:10 AM
Another careful and clear writer.
Amy Howe
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10:10 AM
The vote appears to be 6-3. Alito dissents, joined in part by Thomas and in part by Barrett, adn then Barrett has a separate dissenting opinion.
Nora Collins
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10:10 AM
https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p…
Link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-112_0am4.pdf
Amy Howe
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10:10 AM
This case is a challenge to the use of a “geofence warrant” – a warrant that directed Google to provide law enforcement with location data for cellphone users who were near a Richmond-area bank when it was robbed in 2019.

Rory K. Little
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10:11 AM
Meticulous about detail. Kagan and Barrett are becoming a pair -- both former law professors attentive to nuance and detail.

Amy Howe
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10:12 AM
The court holds that police conducted a "search" for purposes of the Fourth Amendment "when they gained access to Location History data." "An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone's location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information."
Rory K. Little
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10:12 AM
It's a search! That is big 4th A news all by itself.
And figuring out how the warrant requirement (which is not textually in the 4th A) applies, is remanded. That is wise.
Amy Howe
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10:12 AM
The court sends the case back to the lower court for it to determine whether the search was reasonable, "meaning that each of its steps was properly described with particularity and found to be supported by probable cause."
This is not the last opinion of the day.
Rory K. Little
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10:13 AM
This pretty much winds out the criminal law docket for me, this term.
David Lat
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10:13 AM
(The number is fluctuating a lot, but it seems we have had as many as 20k in today's live blog.)
sarah isgur
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10:13 AM
"I cannot support this irresponsible escapade." Lol. Very Justice Alito