Border Search Exception News Today

With United States v. Smith (S.D.N.Y. May 11, 2023), a district court judge in New York made history by being the first court to rule that a warrant is required for a cell phone search at the border, “absent exigent circumstances” (although other district courts have wanted to do so).EFF is...

As we've discussed for many years, Homeland Security and the Justice Department have convinced too many courts that there is some...

Tue, Feb 16th 2021 10:44am — Tim Cushing US borders continue to be lawless places. Not because theres more criminal activity there, but because the Constitution that protects us away from borders (and international airports, etc.) barely applies at all within 100 miles of them. The First Circuit Court of Appeals is the latest appeals court to decide borders and constitutional protections dont mix. A lawsuit over warrantless, suspicionless device searches has been rejected, with the court fin...