PEN America Welcomes Ruling on Warrantless Border Searches
November 12, 2019
November 12, 2019
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
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- Free expression and literary group says such searches risk chilling free speech
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A federal court in Boston today ruled that searching phones and laptops at the border without suspicion is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. PEN America welcomed the new ruling, calling it an important step not only for privacy rights but for the open exchange of ideas across border . . .
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- Free expression and literary group says such searches risk chilling free speech
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A federal court in Boston today ruled that searching phones and laptops at the border without suspicion is a violation of the Fourth Amendment. PEN America welcomed the new ruling, calling it an important step not only for privacy rights but for the open exchange of ideas across border . . .