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In the old days it was also routine for people to own eachother so I’m not sure how much that really means.
by swiley 7y ago
In the old days it was also routine for people to own eachother so I’m not sure how much that really means.
- Zenbit_UX 7y agoClassic whataboutism.
- hannasanarion 7y agoYeah, and there was a constitutional amendment that changed that. There is no constitutional amendment that removes the word "unreasonable" from the 4th. CBP's argument is that these searches are reasonable, given the reduced expectation of privacy.
- ineedasername 7y agoEh, I don't like these types of searches, but your argument from slavery doesn't really hold either. If it did, then any law that coexisted with slavery could be rendered equally invalid: "It was routine to imprison people for robbing banks... Yes, but it was also routine for people to own each other, so..." and so on.