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Old Jun 14, 2009 | 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by Centurion210
You can't lump a state category to a federal one.
Right, the feds don't have any powers other than those explicitly given to them in the Constitution. All others, other than any that would violate Constitutionally protected rights, are reserved for the states.

Originally Posted by Centurion210
USBP has a congressional mandate that extends 100 miles into the interior of the US.

Your case law does not apply to BP checkpoints.
I did not cite any specific case law. I was asking what rights that are otherwise Constitutionally-protected are lost within that magic 100 mile zone (edit: when CBP is present). Congress does not have the power to give the Federal government powers that it does not already have under the Constitution. How is a "congressional mandate" is irrelevant when talking about Constitutionally-protected rights?

BTW: Where does the Constitution have the number 100 in it (other than in references to years)? Nowhere.

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