Border security checks ruling [2nd Circuit]

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Border security checks ruling [2nd Circuit]

November 27, 2007 10:15:00 pm

Sawsaan Tabbaa et al. v. Michael Chertoff et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, November 26, 2007 [ruling that the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection did not violate the First and Fourth Amendments by subjecting persons returning to the US from an annual international Muslim religious conference in Canada to lengthy security checks]. Read the full text of the opinion [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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