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Hopefully this stands (or gets challenged and reaffirmed in a higher court). This is a tiny step in the right direction when it comes to the border search exception, which has been upheld in the supreme court [1, 2]. Also commonly known as the 100-mile constitution free zone [3].

[1] Almeida Sanchez vs United States

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_search_exception

[3] https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone



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