Unanimous ruling at that. Police cannot search cellphones or smartphones after an arrest without a warrant.

 

http://www.scotusblog.com/2014/06/opinion-...for-cellphones/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-...cance-of-riley/

 

I like Roberts' line here:

 

Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience. With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans “the privacies of life,” Boyd, supra, at 630. The fact that technology now allows an individual to carry such information in his hand does not make the information any less worthy of the protection for which the Founders fought. Our answer to the question of what police must do before searching a cell phone seized incident to an arrest is accordingly simple— get a warrant.

 

Pretty sure he dropped the mic and walked off the stage after that line.

The head of the Fraternal Order of Police had a hilarious line. "There's more at stake here than due process. It's public safety."

 

He's acting like getting a warrant is difficult.