The Supreme Court’s freedom summer

Published June 27, 2018 4:21pm ET



The Supreme Court adjourns for the summer having ruled in favor of freedom on a slate of consequential cases, resolving conflicts over everything from cellphones to wedding cakes to sports gambling by affirming the boundaries of coercion and upholding individual liberty.

In Carpenter v. United States, a 5-4 ruling issued last week will force the government to obtain warrants before accessing a cellphone user’s location data from their wireless carrier.

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