Tag: US Supreme Court
US Supreme Court Rejects Unlimited Warrantless Cell Phone Searches
AFRICANGLOBE - In a decision involving two cases of police searches of cellular phone contents, the US Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that, as a general rule, individual privacy rights require law enforcement officers to obtain a search warrant before searching through a phone’s “contacts” list or other data, such as photographs or videos.
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action
AFRICANGLOBE - On Monday, the US Supreme Court issued a ruling upholding affirmative action in principle, while suggesting that racial preferences in college admissions be more narrowly circumscribed.
