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2014-01-01 -Land of the Free

Fed judge Upholds Government's Right to Seize Electronics at Border

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Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-01-01 05:14|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 What about guns for the cartels?

Those are still fully protected from seizure, right?

Posted by charger 2014-01-01 12:46|| 2014-01-01 12:46|| Front Page Top

#2 The general idea is that Constitutional rights don't apply within about 100 miles of the border. Reasoning behind this rule is the self-evident need of any nation to control its borders. The obvious problem with that reasoning is that our government has demonstrated no interest whatsoever in controlling our borders. Since the government is not interested in controlling the borders it should not be permitted to rely on a rule established for that purpose.

Posted by Iblis 2014-01-01 13:57|| 2014-01-01 13:57|| Front Page Top

#3 plaintiffs did not have standing for their lawsuit because such searches occur so rarely that there is not a substantial risk that their electronic devices will be subject to a search or seizure without reasonable suspicion.

You want to explain that, in English.

Thought not.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2014-01-01 18:19|| 2014-01-01 18:19|| Front Page Top

#4 Shut up, peasants! Customs never confiscates my laptop...

Posted by Judge Edward R. Korman 2014-01-01 18:42|| 2014-01-01 18:42|| Front Page Top

#5 More typical of US Customs (today's Boston Globe):
Virtuosos flutes destroyed by US Customs
Before you whine about an airline temporarily losing your luggage, think of poor Boujemaa Razgui. The flute virtuoso who performs regularly with The Boston Camerata lost 13 handmade flutes over the holidays when a US Customs official at New Yorks JFK Airport mistook the instruments for pieces of bamboo and destroyed them. Razgui, a Canadian citizen who lives some of the time in Brockton, had flown last week from Morocco to Boston, with stops in Madrid and New York. In New York, he says, an official opened his luggage and found the 13 flutelike instruments 11 nays and two kawalas. Razgui says he had made all of the instruments using hard-to-find reeds. They said this is an agriculture item, said Razgui, who was not present when his bag was opened. I fly with them in and out all the time and this is the first time there has been a problem. This is my life. When his baggage arrived in Boston, the instruments were gone. He was instead given a number to call. They told me they were destroyed, he says....Razgui, whos been performing with The Boston Camerata since 2002 and is scheduled to play with Camerata Mediterranea in February, says there are perhaps 15 people in the United States who play these sorts of instruments. And now theyre gone, he said. Im not sure what to do.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-01-01 21:23|| 2014-01-01 21:23|| Front Page Top

#6 Another problem with Constitutional Free Zones - 2/3 of our population live within these zones.

ACLU: Constitutional Free Zones

Posted by mossomo 2014-01-01 21:39|| 2014-01-01 21:39|| Front Page Top

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