Border Searches of Laptop Computers and Other Electronic Storage Devices.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security.

Judge-made law.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (14 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Addresses border search exception, which permits Government officials to search content of computers and other electronic storage devices at the border without suspicion of wrongdoing, as is ordinarily required under the Fourth Amendment. Examines judicial developments on and cases related to laptop searches. Addresses Customs and Border Protection policy on border laptop searches, and reviews legislation in the 110th Congress.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Border Searches of Laptop Computers and Other Electronic Storage Devices

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