Thing of note: RFK’s purposed National Registry for Autistic individuals isn’t just eugenics BS, it’s also unconstitutional under the 4th Amendment.
I’m not a lawyer or Constitutional scholar by any means, but considering how he wants to monitor Autistic individuals, we US-ians should be responding with, “Not without a warrant!”
Pass it on, especially to lawyers!
How to Protect Yourself From Phone Searches at the US #Border
Customs and Border Protection has broad authority to search travelers’ devices when they cross into the United States. Here’s what you can do to protect your digital life while at the US border.
#privacy #security #cbp #4thAmendment
https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-protect-yourself-from-phone-searches-at-the-us-border/
Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data #Unconstitutional
A judge in #Nevada has ruled that “tower dumps”—the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers—is unconstitutional. The judge also ruled that the cops could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search.
#privacy #4thamendment #surveillance
https://www.404media.co/judge-rules-blanket-search-of-cell-tower-data-unconstitutional/
Imagine you are stopped by law enforcement. Maybe you were doing something wrong, maybe not. At this point, when you are in the custody of law enforcement, whose safety matters more, yours or the officers? In the 2017 Fourth Circuit case United States v. Robinson, while not specifically put this way, the question came up, does officer safety trump your right against unreasonable search and seizure, even your own safety?
TIL about 4th Amendment movement among business:
Build A Fourth Amendment Workplace: Shielding Our Workplaces & Our Rights
The video is nice bc it calmly focuses on respecting immigrants and our shared humanity. There’s a section for community members and for staff at businesses
usa #4thamendment stuff: "if walking down the street and stopped/frisked by an officer, that is a #search. If they take any items during the search, it is a #seizure.
search and seizure is also when officers enter a home or business and search/remove items.
⚠️Reasonable Suspicion Is Not Enough!!!⚠️
...a search warrant or an arrest warrant must be signed by a judge, specify that probable cause exists, and describe facts surrounding the execution of the warrant."
https://www.findlaw.com/criminal/criminal-rights/text-of-the-fourth-amendment.html
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