The U. S. Supreme Court recently disagreed with the California Supreme Court on the issue of cell phone privacy, holding that police must get a warrant to search an arrested suspect’s cell phone. Emily Green reports in today’s Daily Journal [subscription required] that the cell phone issue is not the only one where the country’s high court has taken a more defendant-friendly position than the state high court. This could change with Governor Brown’s opportunity to reshape the California court. One area where new appointments to the court might make a difference is in reviewing claims of racial discrimination in jury selection, an issue where Justice Liu is on record as saying that the court’s “jurisprudence . . . appears noticeably out of step with principles set forth by the United States Supreme Court.”