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Old Jun 11, 2009 | 8:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Deeg
Outbound border searches have been upheld by courts for as long as inbound ones.
By what logic? Sure, laws may permit the searches, but how do courts justify them as Constitutional? How does the fact that some things cannot be exported, and paperwork might have to be filed to export other things, justify searching random people without suspicion (let alone probable cause)?

What logic did the SCOTUS use to grant the Feds this power?
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