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The Senate’s Surveillance Reform Superstars

Seven years ago, we began tracking the votes of members of Congress on key privacy and surveillance issues. It’s time to highlight Senate legislators who have voted consistently to protect your privacy against government intrusion. We’re non-partisan and fact-based. We don’t rate based on whether we think a legislator is smart, nice or ethical. We […]

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It’s Time to Shore Up Fourth Amendment Protections at the Border

Since the Fourth Amendment passed in 1791, it has contained a “border search exception.” This exempts customs officials from its normal requirement of probable cause before they conduct “routine searches” of the person, papers or effects of someone crossing the border. In the 1950s, federal regulations substantially extended this exception for the Customs and Border […]