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I don't know why you're being downvoted. You raise an important point on the rather uneven application of justice when it comes to the expansion of police power
by bdamm 8y ago
I don't know why you're being downvoted. You raise an important point on the rather uneven application of justice when it comes to the expansion of police powers.
After what, 60 years of chalking tires, the courts decide it is unconstitutional. But the CBP are free to confiscate your phone, and you may be searched on suspicion of harboring illegals. Nearly the entire US population lives within 100 miles of a border (or the coast!) and are subject to warrantless searches by DHS policy. Doesn't seem right.
- CamperBob2 8y agoThey're probably being downvoted because no sane person would believe it. Sounds like SovCit tinfoil-battery. Only trouble is, it is basically true. [1] While arbitrary warrantless search and seizure is in principle still forbidden except at the border crossings themselves, just about anything else the CBP does in its normal course of business is fair game elsewhere in the 100-mile zone. The courts have been reluctant to reign them in for whatever reason. [1] https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone