Can Police Search Your Cell Phone, and Even Break Your Password, During An Arrest?

Professor Adam Gershowitz describes the broad scope of the search incident to arrest doctrine as applied to cell phones. After explaining why Supreme Court precedent seemingly authorizes such broad searches, the article explores a question courts have not confronted: Can police search cell phones that have been password protected? 

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