DHS would like to let you know that the 4th amendment doesn't say what it says either:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/02/electronics-border-seizures/

Quote :

"“We also conclude that imposing a requirement that officers have reasonable suspicion in order to conduct a border search of an electronic device would be operationally harmful without concomitant civil rights/civil liberties benefits,” the executive summary said. ... Between 2008 and 2010, 6,500 persons had their electronic devices searched along the U.S. border, according to DHS data. ... the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures — does not apply along the border. By the way, the government contends the Fourth-Amendment-Free Zone stretches 100 miles inland from the nation’s actual border. "

For reference, and ignoring the fact that international airports can also be considered part of the border, here's what 100 miles of 4th amendment free america looks like:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2008/10/aclu-assails-10/

The ACLU notes that accounts for ~2/3s of the population

2/8/2013 10:38:55 PM

Oh come on, it's a living document. It can mean whatever we want it to mean.

2/8/2013 10:44:05 PM

the fucking anti-establishment fight the power hippies turned into big brother nazi fascists....who'd have thought

2/8/2013 11:07:58 PM

^huh?

2/9/2013 1:44:54 PM

He's mixing hippies and democrats (and ignoring that both republicans and democrats are for big government, intrusion of privacy and erosion of rights)

2/9/2013 2:12:20 PM

or he could be talking about baby boomers..

2/9/2013 4:43:07 PM

i was sarcastically referring to baby boomers, hippies, and anti-establishment liberal revolutionary types.

2/9/2013 4:54:59 PM