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/
Talk 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/
Well, that’s fucking terrifying. Because the “border” legally extends
80100 miles in from the actual border due to some other stupid ruling.Edit: miles
Even worse, 65.3 percent of Americans live within this zone.
That’s all within 100 miles of any airport that lands international flights and any coastal boundaries, regardless of distance from another country’s border.
Source on the airports part? I don’t think that’s true. The ACLU doesn’t mention it: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/border-zone
Things 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.
there is no anti government party. they’re both only anti the one in power.
Of course they fucking do, it’s the 5th circuit. It’s a shitshow down there.
Not world news? But people in the US: These things can be fought back. Vote in every election local to national. Put pressure on your representatives. Donate to reps who do right by your values. Apathy is how they win. Sign up for EFF’s e-mail alerts https://act.eff.org/
I would argue that this is worldnews in that (if I understand it correctly) this impacts foreign travelers too, even those simply making connecting flights.
Lol where is this image from
America is the evil empire and must be destroyed
