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DissidentVoice

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46. Yes...

Mon Jun 10, 2013, 04:13 PM

Jun 2013

And the Fourth has long been abandoned, at least where border crossings are concerned.

I live in a border city. SCOTUS ruled some years ago that the Fourth does not apply in "border zones."

In contrast, when you cross into Canada, as soon as you cross the international border you are under the full protection of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

On this side, your Constitutional rights do not exist until you have been cleared by CBP.

Anyone who has been pulled in for a "random" secondary inspection knows how utterly frightening it can be.

All in the name of "security."

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