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To: Rockingham
Under US Supreme Court case law, there is a well recognized “border

Under United States Constitutional Law there is a well recognized right to travel freely, be free from arbitrary and capricious official santimonious thuggery et al.

New Age stare decisis Bolshevik rulings need not apply.

Two border patrol agents were jailed for actually shooting an actual drug smuggler actually illegally across the border from the South and somehow an American citizen traveling in plain view and with no suspicious activity somehow deserves to be beaten.

In twenty five words or less: LEAVE THE PEOPLE ALONE

6 posted on 07/06/2009 7:33:36 AM PDT by Copernicus (California Grandmother view on Gun Control http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7CCB40F421ED4819)
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To: Copernicus
Like it or not, the border exception is an old one. As Chief Justice Rhenquist stated for the Supreme Court in United States v. Montoya de Hernandez, 473 U.S. 531 (1985):

Since the founding of our Republic, Congress has granted the Executive plenary authority to conduct routine searches and seizures at the border, without probable cause or a warrant, in order to regulate the collection of duties and to prevent the introduction of contraband into this country. See United States v. Ramsey, 431 U. S. 606, 431 U. S. 616-617 (1977), citing Act of July 31, 1789, ch. 5, 1 Stat. 29.

10 posted on 07/06/2009 9:10:10 AM PDT by Rockingham
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