An Appeals Court panel has ruled that federal agents can legally search through travelers' cell phones without reasonable suspicion, probable cause, or a warrant when they cross an international border.

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[–] 122 points 3 days ago (16 children)

Tbh I'm shocked it wasn't already. Like I thought the border has been a "no rights zone" for as long as I've been alive.

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  • [–] 42 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    it seems like this a re-affirmation of it -- guaranteeing that it'll stay in the books for the rest of our lives

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    It doesn’t have to stick around any longer than Congress allows it to. Congress needs to grow some balls, pass some laws and put the courts in there place. Those dickhead justices aren’t elected and the congress is.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    congress is in a permanent stalemate so long as we keep re-affirming our political dupoloy -- the supreme court will be our daddy from now on unless we can distract ourselves long enough from our phones to take note of how the mexicans got rid of their political duopoly in 2017.

    and -- ironically enough -- they were able to do their thing because of the phones. lol

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  • [–] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (12 children)

    Yah I thought SCOTUS ok'd that within 100 miles of a boarder.

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    Seems not! Just lots of circut courts have affirmed the general idea. This is the first at an appellate court.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 days ago (6 children)

    and that number goes up significantly if you consider an international airport a "border"

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  • [–] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    I saw someone also mention "waterways" in another thread as being subject to this. If that means navigable rivers like the Mississippi, etc., then between coasts, land borders, airports, and waterways, it's probably most of the US.

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