In the US the Bill of Rights and most other things only apply to citizens (and maybe lawful residents).
CBP agents have broader authority to conduct searches of non-citizens and their belongings at ports of entry without a warrant, including devices like laptops and phones, to determine admissibility to the United States. Searches of citizens generally require a higher standard of suspicion or a warrant.
In the past, someone has taken a flight between Canada and Mexico while under suspicion of the US authorities, and the plane was forced to land and the person forcefully detained, just because they entered US airspace.
Just losing your ESTA over weed (federally a schedule 1 narcotic) is a fairly small punishment considering the CBP enforces federal law.
It depends what you mean. In the UK our institutions are centuries old. Heck the working class house my grandmother lived in until she died was older than the state of California.
The constitution is only as strong as the institutions that defend it. The U.S. is not there yet but the political nature of the courts and the judiciary are an anathema to a Brit.
I saw that case. But the TSA agents are like ok otherwise we send you home. I'm happy to make a case but I think it's unlikely to be worth the stress and money
CBP agents have broader authority to conduct searches of non-citizens and their belongings at ports of entry without a warrant, including devices like laptops and phones, to determine admissibility to the United States. Searches of citizens generally require a higher standard of suspicion or a warrant.
In the past, someone has taken a flight between Canada and Mexico while under suspicion of the US authorities, and the plane was forced to land and the person forcefully detained, just because they entered US airspace.
Just losing your ESTA over weed (federally a schedule 1 narcotic) is a fairly small punishment considering the CBP enforces federal law.