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Supreme Court seem cautious over cell phones and searches

Posted at 10:16 PM, Apr 29, 2014
and last updated 2014-04-30 01:00:49-04

(CNN) -- The Supreme Court was at odds Tuesday in trying to balance the level of privacy cell phone owners deserve with legitimate concerns of law enforcement.

In oral arguments, the justices tackled the collision of a fundamental constitutional right with omnipresent technology reshaping personal communications, and in many cases, society.

The issue: when and whether police must obtain a warrant to search data on the cell phone of a person under arrest.

What was clear after two hours was that strict constitutional rules favoring one side or the other were not likely to emerge from a seemingly divided and cautious court again examining Fourth Amendment protections in an evolving area of criminal investigation.

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