cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1899058
Archived version: https://archive.ph/OfNYb
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230825183014/https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/25/fifth-circuit-says-law-enforcement-doesnt-need-warrants-to-search-phones-at-the-border/
roguetrick ( @roguetrick@kbin.social ) 38•2 years agoTalk about burying the lede, the plantiff in this case was a fucking immigration lawyer and used to work for the DHS who got his attorney client privilege denied and got forensically searched (meaning they copied his data). This is insane gestapo shit. They knew who he was. https://www.themalikfirm.com/about/adam-a-malik2/
Actaeon ( @Actaeon@artemis.camp ) 15•2 years agoWell, that’s fucking terrifying. Because the “border” legally extends
80100 miles in from the actual border due to some other stupid ruling.Edit: miles
Pheonixdown ( @Pheonixdown@lemm.ee ) 4•2 years agoThat’s all within 100 miles of any airport that lands international flights and any coastal boundaries, regardless of distance from another country’s border.
SirElliott ( @SirElliott@beehaw.org ) English3•2 years agoEven worse, 65.3 percent of Americans live within this zone.
cakeistheanswer ( @cakeistheanswer@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 11•2 years agoThings like this make me wish the traditionally anti government party wasn’t a bunch of loonies, because they’d be the ones pushing this to public conscious in a way that might move the needle.
I don’t doubt the intentions of (some) progressive members of government, but they’re outgunned and have a long list of priorities. Getting legislation to reverse this isn’t coming from corporatists, the infinite retention is going to seem like a feature to business.
deft ( @deft@ttrpg.network ) 4•2 years agothere is no anti government party. they’re both only anti the one in power.
FARTYSHARTBLAST ( @FARTYSHARTBLAST@kbin.social ) 6•2 years agoOf course they fucking do, it’s the 5th circuit. It’s a shitshow down there.
El_Dorado ( @El_Dorado@beehaw.org ) 3•2 years agoWoow
Uranium3006 ( @Uranium3006@kbin.social ) 3•2 years agoAmerica is the evil empire and must be destroyed
Dept ( @dept@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•2 years agoLol where is this image from