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US border cops must get warrants to search citizens' gadgets – draft bipartisan law emerges

Norman Nescio Silver badge

14th amendment

Wouldn't such a law violate the 14th amendment (the 'equal protection' clause)? In other words, the U.S. constitution states that citizens and non-citizens should be treated in the same way, with some limited exceptions.

"Are Foreign Nationals Entitled to the Same Constitutional Rights As Citizens?

David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center"

http://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1302&context=facpub

Of course, having the resources to be able to demonstrate standing and take this all the way to the Supreme Court of the US might be a little tricky.

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