Appeals Court Affirmed Ruling Stored Communications Act Violates 4th Amendment

More good news in restoring constitutional governance to this country.

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A US federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that said law enforcement agents need warrants to seize web-based email. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said webmail users have a “reasonable expectation of privacy” regarding the content of messages stored on a remote host. The original 2006 ruling, unsuccessfully appealed by the US government, said the Stored Communications Act (SCA) violates the Fourth Amendment. The SCA had been used for 20 years to access stored email without a warrant.