SCOTUS hears a novel Fourth Amendment challenge.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Chatrie v. United States, a case exploring whether the practice of scanning cell phone data of individuals based on proximity to a crime is constitutional. The case is the first time the Supreme Court has considered the use of “geofence warrants,” which enable the police to cast wide digital dragnets to investigate a suspected crime. The justices appeared split on the decision after two hours of arguments; the Court is expected to issue a decision before the end of the summer.
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| 0:00.0 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:08.4 | This is Tangle. |
| 0:09.0 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle podcast, a place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 0:28.0 | I'm your host, Isaac Sullen, on today's episode. |
| 0:30.6 | We're talking about the Supreme Court case around geo-fencing. |
| 0:35.4 | Pretty interesting new topic. It is something the court has not really taken on |
| 0:40.1 | yet. It's related to search and seizures and the Fourth Amendment. We're going to talk about |
| 0:45.0 | exactly what happened. Share some views from the left and the right. And then, as always, |
| 0:49.6 | I'll give you my take today. I'm joined by Audrey Moorhead, who's hosting our podcast with me. Before I pass it |
| 0:56.8 | over to Audrey, I do want to give you a quick heads up. I'm calling on all Minnesotans. That's right. |
| 1:02.4 | This Saturday, May 2nd, I'm speaking at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, about 45 minutes |
| 1:09.4 | outside Minneapolis. I'm going to be moderating a panel |
| 1:12.9 | on innovations and journalism at 10.30 a.m. Central, and then I'll be delivering a closing address |
| 1:19.8 | for the conference at 2.30 p.m. If you are in the Twin Cities and you're free on Saturday, |
| 1:25.2 | you should consider coming out. It is free and open to the |
| 1:28.1 | public. There are no tickets required. And there's a link to more information on our episode page. |
| 1:34.5 | With that, I'm going to send it over to Audrey and I'll be back for my take. |
| 2:03.1 | Thanks, Isaac. Here are today's quick hits. Number one, we have a breaking hit, which is that the Supreme Court ruled in a six to three decision that Louisiana must redraw its congressional map, finding that the state improperly used race to draw districts that helped minority communities elect their preferred candidates. |
| 2:13.6 | The decision weakens Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits districting practices that give members of a racial group less opportunity than others to elect candidates of their choice. |
| 2:20.2 | Number two, a grand jury in North Carolina indicted former Federal Bureau of Investigation director James Comey on charges of making a threat against the president and transmitting it through |
| 2:24.9 | interstate commerce. The cases related to a picture Comey posted on his Instagram account in May |
| 2:30.1 | 2025 that showed seashells arranged to read 86-47, which some interpreted as a call to |
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