District Judge Rules in Favor of Warrantless Border Searchers
Paul Lilly  Heads up, travelers  Today marks the first day of a
brand new year, but if you have plans of traveling abroad, be
advised that the same old laws apply. That includes the
government's right to search and seize your electronic devices
without a warrant. The controversial law comes up in headlines
every once in a while, and is again making the rounds after a
federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the policy.
According to a report in The New York Times , Judge Edward R.
Korman of the Federal District Court of the Eastern District of
New York ruled that plaintiffs lacked legal backing for their
lawsuit because border searches happen so rarely that "there is
not a substantial risk that their electronic devices will be
subject to a search or seizure without reasonable suspicion."
It doesn't stop there. Judge Korman said that if even the
plaintiffs did have legal standing for their lawsuit, they'd
still lose because the U.S. governmen