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Brennan Center, others urge US Supreme Court to rule against geofence warrant

( February 27, 2026, 18:11 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law and other organizations told the US Supreme Court that authorizing a warrant directing Google to search its “Location History” database and produce responsive location information for every device that was present within a broad area would usher in a broad new class of so-called “reverse searches” and digital dragnets. The entities called for the court to strike down the warrant in a case brought by Okello T. Chatrie. “By reversing the process required to conduct a search and obtaining potentially sensitive locations about many individuals, rather than targeting a suspected wrongdoer, this geofence warrant threatens to enable surveillance that catalogs Americans’ most sensitive associations and activities,” they said.See attached file. ...

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