On March 9, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down a decision in United States v. Cotterman. Explaining the impact of the decision, Tal Kopan of Politico wrote, “The decision by the eight-judge majority turns on whether a personal electronic device should be treated the same as a car or a piece of luggage at the border, or whether it is fundamentally different. The majority found that due to the special characteristics of devices like computers, cameras and tablets, a higher standard must be met for a warrantless deep search of those devices. Three judges rejected their colleagues’ finding of a higher standard, either concurring or dissenting in part.”