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If they have a warrant that adheres to the particularity requirement of the Fourth Amendment, then anything they might find that it outside the scope of the warrant would be illegally seized. For instance, if the search warrant were to say "search the contacts on the phone" and they go looking for pictures.


That's why they get a warrant for the full contents of the phone though?


A warrant for the full contents of the phone violates the particularity requirement.


Have you heard about that being enforced very often?


I mean, there are a few noted here if you want a starting place for your research: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/amendment-4/p...


That does seem pretty helpful, I'll try and run down the list later




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