From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

High Tech at the High Court.

I'm Barbara Bogave, sitting in for Warren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Today, the Supreme Court decided how old rules apply to new digital devices.

Decisions in two separate cases may make it harder and more expensive to legally stream TV on your smartphone in the future, but then again, if you bootleg your shows, police probably won't find out. The court also upheld limits

on searching cell phones. The future of American TV is a little clearer, but will innovation suffer?

And later, that political stunner in Mississippi, it sparked a heated debate about racial

politics and the role of outside money in local elections.

First, the news.

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We're back with To The Point on Barbara Bogave and for Warren Allney.

Later on the program, what yesterday's nail-biter of a primary in Mississippi bodes for the Tea Party in November's election

and how independent political organizations are skating the edge of the law in local elections.

And just ahead, a major victory for television

networks at the Supreme Court today, what it means for future innovation, cloud computing,

and those so-called cord cutters who don't like old-fashioned cable TV. First, this news update.

Now a constitutional right to privacy extends to the smartphones Americans hold in their hands.

The Privacies of Life.

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