Originally Posted by
VelvetJones
Technically this isn't the same thing. The California ruling involved people already arrested. In the Michigan case they were scanning phones of people pulled over for simple traffic stops. Wrong in both cases, but Michigan was taking a big leap on this one. Like the TSA, they've apparently given up on even pretending to act in a constitutional manner.
The folks they pulled over in MI should've known that they had the right to say no to a search of their cell phone or their vehicle. I don't feel sorry at all for somebody stupid enough to get caught like this. As for the folks in CA, well don't do something that is likely to get you arrested, problem solved.