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US states say Fourth Amendment doesn't categorically ban geofence warrants

( April 1, 2026, 18:38 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Iowa, along with 30 other states and the District of Columbia, asked the US Supreme Court to rule that the Constitution does not categorically ban geofence warrants. The states supported the federal government in a case seeking to quash a subpoena against Google over location data. They said properly tailored geofence warrants bear little resemblance to the historical general warrants the Fourth Amendment was designed to forbid. “Rather than authorizing exploratory searches wherever officers choose to look, geofence warrants are anchored to judicially approved constraints: a defined geographic area, a defined time window, and a defined investigative objective supported by probable cause.”See attached file....

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