Fifth Circuit Says Law Enforcement Doesn’t Need Warrants To Search Phones At The Border - eviltoast
In 2014, the Supreme Court made it clear: phone searches require warrants. While it did note the case involved a search “incident to an arrest,” the precedent was undeniable. If a phone…
  • cakeistheanswer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    211·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • deft@ttrpg.network
      52·
      1 year ago

      there is no anti government party. they’re both only anti the one in power.