Evolving Societal Norms and the Fourth Amendment: Government Tracking of Cellphone Locations in an Era of Commercial Tracking

Authors

Paul Tahan, Saint Louis University School of Law

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Description

In Carpenter v. United States, the Supreme Court found that a warrant was required to obtain historical location data obtained from cell-site records connected with cellphone use. In this article, Paul Tahan examines whether this holding is likely to remain good law in an era where the GPS location of a smartphone is becoming increasingly public.

Publication Date

4-25-2019

Document Type

Article

Keywords

warrant, GPS, cell site location information, fourth amendment

Disciplines

Law

Recommended Citation

Tahan, Paul, "Evolving Societal Norms and the Fourth Amendment: Government Tracking of Cellphone Locations in an Era of Commercial Tracking" (2019). SLU Law Journal Online. 17.
https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/lawjournalonline/17