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The Modern History Of Probable Cause, Wesley Oliver
The Modern History Of Probable Cause, Wesley Oliver
Wesley M Oliver
It is frequently assumed that probable cause, roughly as we understand it today, has, since time immemorial, been the standard allowing an officer to search or arrest. The reality is that probable cause has change a lot since the Bill of Rights was drafted. In the mid-nineteenth century, probable cause was no more than a pleading requirement in criminal cases -- and never has been more than a pleading requirement in criminal cases. Victims of crimes alone were able to seek arrest or search warrants by swearing that they had suffered an injury and that they had probable cause to …
Cell Phone Location Data And The Fourth Amendment: A Question Of Law, Not Fact, Susan Freiwald
Cell Phone Location Data And The Fourth Amendment: A Question Of Law, Not Fact, Susan Freiwald
Susan Freiwald
In a significant ruling in the fall of 2010, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the government’s claim that it could compel cell phone service providers to disclose customer records that indicate the cell towers with which a cell phone has communicated (cell phone location information or CSLI) without obtaining a warrant based on probable cause. In a break with past decisions, the court rejected application of a “third party rule,” under which cell phone users are seen to assume the risk that their providers will disclose location data without the protections of a warrant requirement. The court, however, …