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    SCOTUS Rules on Cell Phone Searches, Cable Copyright

    Now a constitutional right to privacy extends to the smartphones Americans hold in their hands. “The privacies of life” -- that’s how Chief Justice John Roberts put it in the unanimous ruling today. Here to explain the case and what it means for anyone carrying a cellphone is Tom Taylor, Assistant Managing Editor at Bloomberg’s BNA Law Week.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Jun 25, 2014 • 1 min read

    Now a constitutional right to privacy extends to the smartphones Americans hold in their hands. “The privacies of life” -- that’s how Chief Justice John Roberts put it in the unanimous ruling today. Here to explain the case and what it means for anyone carrying a cellphone is Tom Taylor, Assistant Managing Editor at Bloomberg’s BNA Law Week.

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