The Supreme Court on Monday said police conduct a Fourth Amendment search when they obtain Google Location History data through a geofence warrant. The case, Chatrie v. United States, did not decide whether the warrant in the underlying investigation satisfied probable cause or particularity. In Supplement 05, Plain Thinking explains what the ruling does and does not decide, why it still matters after Google’s Location History change, and how the fight now shifts from whether the Fourth Amendment applies to whether the warrant was good enough.

Until July 15, 2026, the DEA is holding hearings on whether marijuana should be federally reclassified from Schedule I to Schedule III. The move would not legalize recreational marijuana on the federal level, but it would ease research barriers and change tax schemas. Meanwhile, search-and-seizure questions continue to play out primarily on the state level.