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[-] soratoyuki@piefed.zip 87 points 8 hours ago

Without a warrant, it's literally his phone to do with it what he pleases. Baffled that that's not the end of the conversation.

Assuming we lived in a rational world with a fair and impartial justice system, and not one that exists to funnel money from the working class into the Epstein class and kill or imprison everyone that makes that less easy.

[-] khepri@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

well they have the "border search exception" so at the border, no, they generally do not need a warrant for "routine searches" of electronic devices. Fucked up, but that is the law on the books and US courts have virtually always upheld it when it comes up.

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 22 points 6 hours ago

Oh, because they are outside US borders they claim not to need a warrant, but that doesn't stop them using US law to prosecute him though.

[-] Folstar@lemmus.org 1 points 3 hours ago

Assuming we lived in a rational world with a fair and impartial justice system

That's like assuming unicorns will protect all that is good and sugar is effective weight loss

[-] soratoyuki@piefed.zip 4 points 3 hours ago

Well yeah. Hence the second half of that sentence.

[-] Malyca@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago

I think the supreme court has said they can search phones without warrants at the border and points of entry, so airports.

[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 13 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

You can't be compelled to give them your password, but you can be compelled to use your biometric ID. Clear as mud.

[-] cavitationfetishist2@quokk.au 2 points 7 hours ago
[-] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 hours ago

A judge issues a warrant when there is an active criminal investigation. If there's no investigation, no warrant.

[-] cavitationfetishist2@quokk.au -3 points 6 hours ago

Oh, that's not how it works in the united States. Is this some commonwealth legal thing?

[-] wewbull@feddit.uk 5 points 6 hours ago

It is how it works inside the united states. It's just they claim that because he was on the flight side of the airport, he wasn't inside the US.

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