⚜ Ole Dirty Rice ⚜ @cody.social

I’m pretty sure Customs and Border Patrol can also do warrantless searches within 100 miles of any border, land or sea, so 2/3 of the U.S. population.

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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:53 UTC

In addition to taking concrete action to rein in the Court, we have got to demand a lot of powers that got expanded as part of War on Terror get sunsetted so they aren't also lying "about like a loaded weapon".

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OldHippieChick @oldhippiechick.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 20:45 UTC

In 2020, he sent them further than that. I tried to get a news outlet interested in finding out what authority they were using to be operating in Central Oregon which is more than 100 from a border or our coast. No luck.

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feralrobots.bsky.social @feralrobots.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 14:26 UTC

Also, CBP regards major waterways as "borders" if they terminate in an body of water that has a national border (like, say, an ocean, or Lake Ontario). So e.g. they have been known to assert the right to warrantless search within 100 miles of the Mississippi.

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Professor Furious @professorfurious.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 12:15 UTC

This is true.

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