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Re:Motel 6 to Pay $12M after Improperly Giving Guest Lists t... by dragonwriter on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:57PM (#19585866)
> Why aren't they being punished for illegally requesting the data without a warrant?

It's generally not illegal for ICE (or government more generally) to request information without a warrant (not having a warrant or other compulsory basis just means people are not legally compelled to acquiesce to the request), and the state consumer protection law at issue neither purports to, nor could it Constitutionally, apply to federal law enforcement agencies.

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Re:Motel 6 to Pay $12M after Improperly Giving Guest Lists t... by gpvos on Saturday April 06, 2019 @07:30AM (#19590277)
> the state consumer protection law at issue neither purports to, nor could it Constitutionally, apply to federal law enforcement agencies.

That baffles me. When a federal agent is in a state, they should be bound to the laws of that state. And additionally, it should be illegal for any government agent, federal, state, or local, to ask someone to do something illegal. How could that constitutionally be otherwise?

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