The federal government has additional powers near a border to do certain things, like set up checkpoints. But, here's the ridiculous part, they define "near a

The federal government has additional powers near a border to do certain things, like set up checkpoints. But, here's the ridiculous part, they define "near a border" as anywhere in the US that is 100 miles from a border or the ocean. So, virtually all of California is in the "constitution free zone" -- as are a full 2/3rds of the US population. https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone