The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case this term that experts are calling a “blockbuster” and could have significant implications on one’s expectations of privacy. The case, Carpenter v. U.S., raises the question of whether the federal government’s search and seizure of cellphone records without a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment. The case stems from a string of armed robberies in Ohio and Michigan in 2010 and 2011. During its investigation into the robberies, the federal government applied for and obtained court orders to access cellphone location records for several suspects, including Timothy Carpenter, the lead plaintiff in the case. The government received several months of information…
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