KQED Newsroom Segment: Cellphone Search Case Goes to the Supreme Court, April 25, 2014

In a collision of the law and technology, the U.S. Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear arguments stemming from two cases, one in California, about whether police should be able to conduct warrantless searches of cellphone contents after an arrest. Law enforcement officials say it helps to solve crimes. Civil libertarians and privacy advocates say it violates the 4th amendment's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures. Fifty percent of Americans now carry smartphones loaded with personal data such as text messages, addresses and photos.

Guests:
•Professor Rory Little, U.C. Hastings College of the Law
•Michelle Quinn, San Jose Mercury News