Sherman Logan wrote: “It was a serious pain, as it obviously caused me to miss a flight, but it never crossed my mind that it was a violation of my constitutional rights.”
The only reason it would NOT cross your mind would be that it was NEVER in your mind that such action would be in contravention of the very fundamental law of this grand experiment. Which would indicate that SL never read the Constitution and Amendments.
Not knowing SL’s background, it does seem that is a sad commentary on the state of American Education.
I fear the libtards are winning, still. We have a significant challenge ahead, to undue the damage of three generations of fedgov meddling in public education.
So you think there are, or should be, Constitutional protection against search or seizure at the borders?
I’m quite familiar with the Constitution, thank you.
Until I have passed through customs, I am not legally in the USA and therefore the 4th Amendment does not apply. Unless for some odd reason you think the Constitution applies throughout the world.
I would be interested in any reference you can find to 4A’s warrant requirement’s EVER having applied to customs. I doubt you can find one.
The Constitution means what it means, not what you (or I) think it ought to mean.
If you think searches of persons and property at the borders should be prohibited without a warrant, may I suggest the Constitutional provision for making such a change? Pass an amendment or law.
Don’t sit around claiming the Constitution is a blank document that (oddly enough) just happens to mean whatever you want it to. That is the living Constitution theory, and it has been the single greatest factor in the decline of our actual Constitutional government.