5 ms·
Why? Blatantly unconstitutional searches at the border have been going on for decades under administrations from both sides. The US public very evidently doesn'
by lmm 1y ago
Why? Blatantly unconstitutional searches at the border have been going on for decades under administrations from both sides. The US public very evidently doesn't care about the rights of people entering the country. Trying to do the same thing to citizens away from the border will be a different story altogether.
- linotype 1y agoJust because both sides might do it doesn’t make it right.
- lmm 1y agoI agree. But it makes talking like this is some unprecedented novel violation that creates a big slippery slope seem somewhat disingenuous.
- rightbyte 1y ago"Whataboutism" and "bothsideism" used to counter critique of hypocrisy might be the most toxic rethorical concepts gaining mindshare lately.
- Hnrobert42 1y agoThe US Supreme Court has long held that the border mitigates "reasonable" in the 4th amendment such that warrantless searches at the border are constitutionally sound. [0] That said, this isn't a search. It is the presumption of guilt if a search is refused. I agree with you that it's bad policy, but it's not unconstitutional. 0 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception
- nickthegreek 1y agoalso, the border is 100miles from the line. so basically a large part of the land of the free.