At last, a victory for privacy

[Commentary] Finally, a victory for personal privacy.

In an era of increasing government intrusion into the lives of the governed, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously -- that's right, unanimously -- that police cannot just go bounding through suspects' personal cell phones without first obtaining a search warrant. The court acknowledged what should be obvious, that Fourth Amendment prohibitions against unreasonable search and seizure apply to cell phones. One of the key principles of the legal system is that police cannot search citizens without cause. The Supreme Court properly recognized that it's as unreasonable to examine a suspect's smartphone without a warrant as it would be to search through a suspect's home or office.