The exact circumstances around the search are not known. But activist Samuel Tunick is charged with deleting data from a Google Pixel before CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Team could search it.
Rights must apply to all persons in the US. Or else the government may assign you to the non rights group at it’s discretion. As an example, you’re a citizen. The government says you are not. You try to go to court to prove it, but oops you don’t have that right. Your family opens a court case, but they either get ruled to not have standing or they get swiftly assigned to the non rights group as well.
According to the Constitution, almost all rights apply equally to citizens and non-citizens. The term used in the Constitution is “persons,” not “citizens.” The Supreme Court has eroded some of those rights over time, though.
I wasn’t sure if that applies to non-citizens.
Personally, I think it should, but laws aren’t always just.
Rights must apply to all persons in the US. Or else the government may assign you to the non rights group at it’s discretion. As an example, you’re a citizen. The government says you are not. You try to go to court to prove it, but oops you don’t have that right. Your family opens a court case, but they either get ruled to not have standing or they get swiftly assigned to the non rights group as well.
Nobody has Rights until Everyone has Rights.
According to the Constitution, almost all rights apply equally to citizens and non-citizens. The term used in the Constitution is “persons,” not “citizens.” The Supreme Court has eroded some of those rights over time, though.
Can’t read it because of a large orange shitstain across it.
It absolutely does apply to non citizens. However, this administration has been ignoring that.