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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 7:48 pm
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Originally Posted by lkkinetic
As far as I understand the case law in the administrative search precedent, it applies to our possessions -- once we put our possessions on the conveyor we consent to their being searched as defined under administrative search. However, I don't believe there is a lot of precedent on where the legal line is with respect to our rights in our physical person/body. I've got some inquiries into some of my constitutional law scholar friends on that topic.
I believe PTravel has cited that several times -- it must be minimally intrusive to do the job.
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