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1. mmh0000 · 1789758170 · focus · HN ↗

   It is insane to me that judges consistently rule that the constitution doesn't apply because there's a "border" within 100 miles.

   The 4th Amendment says, exactly:

      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.
   

   I do not know how that could be unclear. My cellphone is my effect, and arguably, also a "paper". Which SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED. But apparently, I'm too dumb to understand the sentence[1].

   [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution#Border_search_exception" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Fourth_Amendment_to_the_United...

   1. swerner · 1789766722 · focus · HN ↗

      Proximity to borders leaves the government the possibility that if it really, really wanted to search a property, they&#x27;d just have to cede some land in a 100mile radius to a foreign country and instantly create an international border wherever they need one.

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