The technique allows police to tap into giant tech-firm databases to find out who was near the scene of a crime and may have been involved.

The conservative justices appeared divided on what the Constitution requires for law enforcement to access location data.

Some justices seemed to advocate for a relatively narrow ruling that would clarify what such warrants require, even if it ...

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia, along with eight Federal Public Defender offices, filed an amicus brief on Friday in United States v. Chatrie, the first ...

The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case with potentially major implications for how law enforcement investigates crimes in the digital age. The justices will weigh whether geofence ...

The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, April 20, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- For generations, cops have obtained warrants to lawfully seek informatio ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument next week in Chatrie v. United States, which concerns a Virginia man who was convicted of bank robbery. Okello Chatrie contended in the lower courts that the ...

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case with potentially major implications for how law enforcement investigates crimes in the digital age. The justices will weigh whether ...

Explore how geofence warrants and AI-assisted searches challenge the Fourth Amendment. Can 18th-century privacy laws survive 21st-century digital surveillance?

The justices’ decision on whether police can use location history data to track suspects may redefine Fourth Amendment protections in the digital age. While the court battle between Elon Musk and ...