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The Tesla Meets The Fourth Amendment, Adam M. Gershowitz May 2023

The Tesla Meets The Fourth Amendment, Adam M. Gershowitz

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Can police search a smart car’s computer without a warrant? Although the Supreme Court banned warrantless searches of cell phones incident to arrest in Riley v. California, the Court left the door open for warrantless searches under other exceptions to the warrant requirement. This is the first article to argue that the Fourth Amendment’s automobile exception currently permits the police to warrantlessly dig into a vehicle’s computer system and extract vast amounts of cell phone data. Just as the police can rip open seats or slash tires to search for drugs under the automobile exception, the police can warrantlessly extract …


Walking A Thin Blue Line: Balancing The Citizen's Right To Record Police Officers Against Officer Privacy, Rebecca G. Van Tassell Mar 2013

Walking A Thin Blue Line: Balancing The Citizen's Right To Record Police Officers Against Officer Privacy, Rebecca G. Van Tassell

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