Citing the law. How quaint.
bcnu, Mikem It's mourning in America again. |
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Send the Coast Guard up the Rio Grande!
Of course, there's the concept that says the Constitution is suspended at the borders, so he does have a loophole to play with. |
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Re: Send the Coast Guard up the Rio Grande!
>> "... the Constitution is suspended at the borders..." Yeah, an old law (1953). https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone Sometimes, they take extra measures: https://blog.simplejustice.us/2013/12/20/a-new-low-vaginal-probes-at-the-border/ https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150516/12473831030/border-patrol-agents-tase-woman-refusing-to-cooperate-with-their-bogus-search.shtml There's more, but you know, stuff happens. |
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“the Constitution is suspended at the borders”
Most of my professional life had me up close and personal with US Customs/Customs & Border Protection, and as one of their senior operatives explained it to me way back in the XX century (when our civil liberties had not yet endured the evisceration they have since undergone), “you never have fewer rights than you do coming into the country.” This was, I repeat, in the nineties. cordially, |
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using pussy communists to defend the border is not domestic law enforcement
"Science is the belief in the ignorance of the experts" – Richard Feynman |