Well, thanks for that clarification. Do you happen to recall (I don't know) how it ended up before SCOTUS? (I'm assuming that someone was therefore pushing fo

Well, thanks for that clarification. Do you happen to recall (I don't know) how it ended up before SCOTUS? (I'm assuming that someone was therefore pushing for that interpretation. And I wonder, to what end -- or what they expressed as their need and reasoning.) P.S. Rereading, I'm a bit worried, so let me clarify in case the above reads wrong or so: I didn't intend any snark. Honest thanks and follow-up question. Also, I guess I should enable and read through the Wired comments for that article, in case they address this. P.P.S. Looking further, myself, the map in question appears to have originated with the ACLU. It's mentioned in a couple of their articles/posts on or around 10/22/2008. http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/homeland-security-assuming-broad-powers-turning-vast-swaths-us http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty/homeland-sec... http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/fact-sheet-us-constitution-free-zone http://www.aclu.org/technology-and-liberty/fact-sheet-us-con... However, it also appears to be cited as an "interactive map" back on December 15, 2006. http://www.aclu.org/national-security_technology-and-liberty/are-you-living-constitution-free-zone http://www.aclu.org/national-security_technology-and-liberty... I haven't found their explanation for including and ranging out from the shore of Lake Michigan. This Slashdot article, for lack of anything better that I've found so far, provides various and differing explanations, or opinions, for the source and nature of the definition of this zone. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/02/09/0054212/dhs-can-seize-your-electronics-within-100-miof-us-border-says-dhs http://yro.slashdot.org/story/13/02/09/0054212/dhs-can-seize... Amongst other things, this Wikipedia article is mentioned. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception I've about reached the limit of what I can search/read/skim, for tonight.