Chatrie v. United States · ¶121

None of this is to say that today’s decision will be inconsequential. As the majority works its way through the question in this case, it makes sweeping proclamations with implications far beyond the specific procedure that the police used here. But this fact only underscores the advisory nature of today’s decision. The majority has candidly little to say about the relevance of its decision for Chatrie’s conviction. Ante, at 10, n. 4. Instead, the Court uses this case as a vehicle to once again “make a statement about privacy in the digital age.” See Carpenter, 585 U. S., at 386 (ALITO, J., dissenting). Because that function is not a proper use of this Court’s certiorari docket, we should not have granted this petition and should now dismiss it.

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