The Bank Robber, the Supreme Court, and the 'Geofence' Warrant for Cellphone Data

From WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch by Paul Gigot, The Wall Street Journal

April 28, 2026 · 28 min

About this episode

The episode discusses a legal case involving the use of location data from Google in relation to the Fourth Amendment and cancer lawsuits against Roundup.

Police caught Okello Chatrie using location data from Google, and now he wants the Justices to say this violated the Fourth Amendment, which protects against "unreasonable searches and seizures." Plus, the Court hears arguments on whether cancer lawsuits against the weed killer Roundup are preempted by federal law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Paul Gigot

Topics covered

Fourth Amendment
cellphone data
Supreme Court
cancer lawsuits
Roundup
law
privacy

Keywords

Okello Chatrie
Google
Supreme Court
Fourth Amendment
Roundup
cancer lawsuits
privacy
location data

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Organizations: Google, Supreme Court, Roundup, federal law

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