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In a victory for privacy rights at the border, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today ruled that forensic searches of electronic devices carried out by border agents without any suspicion that the traveler has committed a crime violate the U.S. Constitution.
The ruling in U.S. v. Kolsuz is the first federal appellate case after the Supreme Court's seminal decision in Riley v. California (2014) to hold that certain border device searches require individualized suspicion that the traveler is involved in criminal wrongdoing. Two other federal appellate opinions this year—from the Fifth Circuit and Eleventh Circuit—included strong analyses by judges who similarly questioned suspicionless border device searches.
(Score: 3, Funny) by edIII on Monday May 14 2018, @06:45PM
My favorite, was the state trooper that calmly asked me if I had any alcohol in the car, or dead bodies and tanks in my trunk. I was nervous in the beginning, but then I looked at him and asked how many bodies in the trunk is illegal?
He laughed, and said based on my reaction that I was probably okay, and that was his little psychological trick to pull on people. Guilty people he said most often don't hear the dead bodies or hand grenades. At which point I laughed again.
Not sure if I agree with his psychological assessment, but thank God he didn't ask about any weed or cookies :)
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