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border search exception  

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  • The Fourth Amendment generally requires governmental officials to have probable cause and/or a search warrant to conduct searches. Almost from the beginning of U.S. history, however, an exception has been made for routine border searches, which require neither. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Border Search Exception]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-CNXP2039-Q

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