Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Phones

 Question 1:
Police had pulled over David Riley because his car registration had expired. But when they did, they found two loaded guns in the car and they also searched his phone. That is when they found text messages and videos which associated with a local gang. That's when the police arrested him. But in court there was a problem. The police didn't have permission from David Riley to look at his phone or got a warrant from a judge. And since a persons' phone is part of their property they got the information wrongly. He was suppose to serve 15 years in jail but the Supreme Court had to overtune his conviction because of the phone. It definitely is a landmark case because the court doesn't really have a law about being able to search through peoples phone. When the Founding Fathers created the Constitution they made it very vague so then in the future we would still be able to use it. Such as the First Amendment that protected the right for free speech and also the Fourth Amendment that protected the right to privacy. I believe that we should make a law that police CAN look at a persons phone without a warrant or the persons permission ONLY if there is probable cause such as two loaded guns found in the persons car. 

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