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A comment on Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and Laptops Unconstitutional. Parent comment

Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by swiley on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @08:56PM (#21520481)
In the old days it was also routine for people to own eachother so I’m not sure how much that really means.
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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by hannasanarion on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:25PM (#21520940)
Yeah, and there was a constitutional amendment that changed that. There is no constitutional amendment that removes the word "unreasonable" from the 4th. CBP's argument is that these searches are reasonable, given the reduced expectation of privacy.
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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by ineedasername on Wednesday November 13, 2019 @09:09AM (#21524185)
Eh, I don't like these types of searches, but your argument from slavery doesn't really hold either. If it did, then any law that coexisted with slavery could be rendered equally invalid: "It was routine to imprison people for robbing banks... Yes, but it was also routine for people to own each other, so..." and so on.
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Re:Court: Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Phones and La... by Zenbit_UX on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:19PM (#21520914)
Classic whataboutism.
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