Click to enter your existing username and password or create a new account.  Click to purchase an individual user subscription with your credit card. NewsConstitutional Law"Under our [Second Circuit] precedents, no suspicion is required before the government searches a traveler's property at the border," Judge Steven Menashi wrote. "Because a cell phone is property, our precedents establish that the government does not need to have reasonable suspicion before searching a traveler's cell phone at the border."4 minute read September 17, 2026 at 05:01 PMThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York City. Photo: Ryland West/Law.comThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Thursday that law enforcement agents need neither a warrant nor reasonable suspicion of criminal activity to search the cell phone of a person entering the United States.