2/3 of Americans live within “Constiution free zones”
ACLU Washington Legislative Office Director Caroline Fredricksen said that the ACLU was able to use data from the U.S. Census Bureau to estimate that there are 197.4 million people who live within a hundred miles of maritime or coastal borders, which would mean that two-thirds of the U.S. population are exposed to the possibility of being searched without probable cause according to the ACLU (0:30)
October 22, 2008
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