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Supreme Court Limits Geofence Warrants | Sacramento News
The Supreme Court just dealt a major blow to police surveillance tactics, ruling 6-3 that geofence warrants — which allow law enforcement to pull location data from every device in a targeted area — violate the Fourth Amendment. The case, sparked by a 2019 bank robbery, centers on whether sweeping location data collection constitutes an unreasonable search. While the Court didn’t ban the warrants outright, it sent the case back for reconsideration, forcing lower courts to scrutinize their use more closely. This decision could reshape how police investigate crimes — especially high-profile…
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