Big brother is watching you.
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darrenf
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<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">Normally under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the American people are not generally subject to random and arbitrary stops and searches.
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">The border, however, has always been an exception. There, the longstanding view is that the normal rules do not apply. For example the authorities do not need a warrant or probable cause to conduct a “routine search.”
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">But what is “the border”? According to the government, it is a 100-mile wide strip that wraps around the “external boundary” of the <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION W:ST="on"><ST1
LACE W:ST="on">United States</ST1LACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>.
Living here in Detroit, the BP can set up a checkpoint right in front of my house and stop and search me any day for any reason what so ever. Can they enter my house and conduct a search without a warrent like the DNR can?
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">The border, however, has always been an exception. There, the longstanding view is that the normal rules do not apply. For example the authorities do not need a warrant or probable cause to conduct a “routine search.”
<LI style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt">But what is “the border”? According to the government, it is a 100-mile wide strip that wraps around the “external boundary” of the <?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /><ST1:COUNTRY-REGION W:ST="on"><ST1
LACE W:ST="on">United States</ST1LACE></ST1:COUNTRY-REGION>. Living here in Detroit, the BP can set up a checkpoint right in front of my house and stop and search me any day for any reason what so ever. Can they enter my house and conduct a search without a warrent like the DNR can?
No. The search must still pass the reasonableness test. And residences/curtilage still require a warrant.
Avalon781ML
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Ok not to be a dick but these videos are awful..... can you say dumb and abusive? We/they had a good discussion going which was completely destroyed by Private Eyes.... need I say more? Really? Really?
Sorry for the negativity.
granlistillo
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As the adage goes, a liberal is a conservative that has been arrested. I haven't been arrested, but my wife is western European, you know one of those democracies that allow us to park military airplanes and personnel on their soil. Met her while serving in the military in her country. She has a green card and she is hassled and treated discorteously on a regular basis. It has gotten a lot worse since the Bush years post 911.
When I go to Spain, I don't even have to pull out my greencard. I am simply admitted with a smile. The United States of my youth was a free country I believe. Not too sure now. I could list a lot of examples, but it would put me in a bad mood.
As far as the status civil liberties in this country I know this to be true:
The trend is not our friend!
When I go to Spain, I don't even have to pull out my greencard. I am simply admitted with a smile. The United States of my youth was a free country I believe. Not too sure now. I could list a lot of examples, but it would put me in a bad mood.
As far as the status civil liberties in this country I know this to be true:
The trend is not our friend!