A U.S. citizen has asked a court to throw out the government's claim that he gave over a passcode to border authorities that wiped his phone's data, opening up fresh questions about a person's constitutional rights at the U.S. border.
Apparently destroying property to prevent it being seized is a crime in itself. 12th paragraph in the article, just after the part where they can seize things from people crossing the border before they cross the border, without any warrants etc, because they haven’t crossed the border, yet their jurisdiction has apparently started enough to conduct seizures even though legally you’re still on the other side of the border.
Apparently destroying property to prevent it being seized is a crime in itself. 12th paragraph in the article, just after the part where they can seize things from people crossing the border before they cross the border, without any warrants etc, because they haven’t crossed the border, yet their jurisdiction has apparently started enough to conduct seizures even though legally you’re still on the other side of the border.