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iAMkenoughyesterday at 10:41 PM1 replyview on HN

True, but Egbert v. Boule (2022) the SCOTUS determined there's no penalty established or monetary damages owed to you if Border Agents cross the boundary of the exemption and violate your Fourth Amendment right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egbert_v._Boule

https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-136/egbert-v-boule/


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lokaryesterday at 11:11 PM

The remedy is disallowing evidence collected. This is the same for almost every case in which law enforcement searches without proper cause or a warrant.

And I don't know what that would be surprising. Where monetary damages are due they are because statute establishes them, or you can show some specific and direct financial harm (thus money damage is the remedy).

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