D.C. Council member David Catania, I-at large, deserves credit for sponsoring local legislation that would prevent local law enforcement from snooping around in District residents’ private email accounts without a search warrant.

This should be a no-brainer. The Bill of Rights specifically protects citizens from “unreasonable searches and seizures” of “their persons, houses, papers and effects” — and private email communication easily fits under both of the last two categories.