Remember the 4th amendment?

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You are protected against unwarranted search and seizure of your property. Unless, that is, you are at the border, an ostensibly sensible exception if you ignore such antics as seizing citizens' laptops *permanently*. However, various border security agencies, and a number of courts who support them, have claimed to be exercising that exception as far as 100 miles inside our borders. This involves traffic stops, road blocks, searches, and interrogations.

Let me paint a picture for you, of the "necessary" area in which you are not protected by this bit of our founding fathers' intentions...


Check out this information from the ACLU on this issue.