Travelers entering the U.S. through New York, Vermont, or Connecticut should be aware: The government can search your cellphone even if it doesn't suspect you of criminal activity.
That's the crux of a ruling the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit released Thursday. Judge Steven Menashi writes that "no suspicion is required before the government searches a traveler's property at the border." Citing the Supreme Court in U.S. v. Ramsey (1977), the 2nd Circuit found that the "longstanding recognition that searches at our borders without probable cause and without a warrant are nonetheless 'reasonable' has a history as old as the Fourth Amendment itself."
