WASHINGTON, D.C. — Warning that the government should not be permitted to use international travel as an excuse to rummage through the digital contents of a person’s life without a warrant, the Rutherford Institute is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to rein in warrantless searches of Americans’ cell phones at the nation’s borders and international airports.
In an amicus brief filed in Anibowei v. Blanche, Rutherford Institute attorneys argue that modern cell phones—which can contain years of private communications, photographs, financial and medical information, internet searches, location histories and other sensitive data—cannot constitutionally be treated like ordinary luggage subject to routine inspection at the border.
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