Checking your 4th amendment rights at the border
Filed Under (Uncategorized) by on 06-08-2008
Tagged Under : united states
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Amendment IV, Bill of Rights, United States Constitution
I’m hardly a constitutional scholar, but it seems pretty clear that the government doesn’t get to search your stuff without a damned good reason. And after watching the explanation as to why you should never talk to the police without a lawyer even in you believe you’re snow white and free of crime, I don’t understand why more people are kicking up a sh*t storm about Homeland Security’s flagrant violation of our fourth amendment.
That’s not true; I do understand. We’re cowering in a corner, hoping to not be [...]
