Comments on: On Laptop Searches and Seizures at the Border http://www.kipesquire.net/2008/08/on-laptop-searches-and-seizures-at-the-border/ A Stitch in Time Saves Nine ... But Haste Makes Waste Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:23:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: “Border Search” Policy Should Not Rest with Congress http://www.kipesquire.net/2008/08/on-laptop-searches-and-seizures-at-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-8053 “Border Search” Policy Should Not Rest with Congress Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:09:03 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=4925#comment-8053 [...] Kip · No Comments To review: Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have crafted a plenary “border exception” [...] [...] Kip · No Comments To review: Federal courts, including the Supreme Court, have crafted a plenary "border exception" [...]

]]> By: Tony http://www.kipesquire.net/2008/08/on-laptop-searches-and-seizures-at-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-6780 Tony Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:05:51 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=4925#comment-6780 That's what I was thinking. Thanks. That's what I was thinking. Thanks.

]]> By: Tony http://www.kipesquire.net/2008/08/on-laptop-searches-and-seizures-at-the-border/comment-page-1/#comment-6775 Tony Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:49:39 +0000 http://www.kipesquire.net/?p=4925#comment-6775 Is there a difference between U.S. citizens and non-citizens in this overall scenario? I'm assuming there is not a recognized difference. I think I'm really asking whether or not the libertarian position would reflect any difference, or if the general notion is that the focus must be on the government's powers first. The Fourth Amendment says what it says, limiting powers in a specific way. <em>[Kip replies: No difference -- the border is the border. Of course, the Fourth Amendment also does not distinguish between citizens and non-citizens either.]</em> Is there a difference between U.S. citizens and non-citizens in this overall scenario? I'm assuming there is not a recognized difference. I think I'm really asking whether or not the libertarian position would reflect any difference, or if the general notion is that the focus must be on the government's powers first. The Fourth Amendment says what it says, limiting powers in a specific way.

[Kip replies: No difference -- the border is the border. Of course, the Fourth Amendment also does not distinguish between citizens and non-citizens either.]

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