Victory! Tenth Circuit Finds Fourth Amendment Doesn’t Support Broad Search of Protesters’ Devices and Digital Data
Summary
The article reports that the Tenth Circuit reversed a district court's dismissal of a civil rights challenge to warrants used to search protesters' devices and a nonprofit's social media data. It finds the warrants overbroad and insufficiently particular, denying qualified immunity for the officers and remanding for further proceedings. This represents a notable protection of digital privacy rights in protest contexts.