{"podcast":{"title":"Swear on the Stand","slug":"swear-on-the-stand-7111404","podcast_index_feed_id":7111404,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fddb5314/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danielswear","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42490093/42490093-1732466737482-64af1021e8b8d.jpg","author":"Daniel W. Swear","episode_count":193,"summary":"Court decisions are complex and difficult to digest. This podcast is designed to educating listeners on current legal decisions in a fun and interesting way. Researched by me and produced with the assistance of AI.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:18:10.447360+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404"},"episode":{"title":"The Fourth Amendment and the Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants","slug":"the-fourth-amendment-and-the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants","published_at":"2026-04-29T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404/the-fourth-amendment-and-the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danielswear/episodes/The-Fourth-Amendment-and-the-Constitutionality-of-Geofence-Warrants-e3i9v0j","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fddb5314/podcast/play/118864339/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-22%2F63fb96aa-3fc8-360a-d9e7-9d11b93abc3e.m4a","summary":"This episode details an en banc ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding the constitutionality of geofence warrants . The case, United States v. Chatrie , examines whether law enforcement violated the Fourth Amendment by compelling Google to provide location data from all users near a 2019 bank robbery. The court ultimately affirmed the lower court's decision not to suppress the evidence, though the judges offered sharply differing justifications for this outcome. A plurality of the court avoided a broad constitutional ruling by applying the good-faith exception , concluding the officer reasonably relied on a magistrate-approved warrant. Other judges argued that no unconstitutional search occurred because the defendant voluntarily shared his movements with a third party, while the dissenting and some concurring opinions warned that such sweeping digital surveillance threatens essential privacy rights. Collectively, these opinions illustrate the judicial struggle to reconcile Founding-era protections with modern technology that allows for near-perfect retrospective tracking. This overview captures the tension between public safety interests and the individual's expectation of privacy in the digital age.","meta_description":"This episode details an en banc ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding the constitutionality of geofence warrants .…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3002,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/swear-on-the-stand-7111404/episodes/the-fourth-amendment-and-the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404/the-fourth-amendment-and-the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}