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“The ‘longstanding recognition that searches at our borders without probable cause and without a warrant are nonetheless ‘reasonable’ has a history as old as the Fourth Amendment itself.’ United States v. Ramsey, 431 U.S. 606, 619 (1977).”
The reasoning seems to be that these searches should be considered reasonable simply because they’re as old as the Fourth Amendment, but wasn’t the Fourth Amendment adopted to end searches of this kind? It seems like a fallacious argument.
Apparently the US also has this policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception
That allows warrantless searches within 100 miles of a border, which I think entirely covers many population centres.
Does anyone else find this absurd?
I don’t do Reddit. Is this the same incident?
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QAqWflcewBs