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WASHINGTON, March 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday significantly strengthened the government's ability to conduct vehicle searches along the nation's borders.
The unanimous ruling came in the case of a man trying to cross from Mexico into the United States in Southern California. Customs agents disassembled his vehicle's gas tank, even though they did not have a "reasonable suspicion" that it contained contraband, and found 81 pounds of marijuana.
A federal appeals court suppressed the evidence, saying officials needed "reasonable suspicion" under the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches.
But speaking for the entire court, William Rehnquist" class="tpstyle">Chief Justice William Rehnquist said the appeals court relied on a Supreme Court precedent that involved body searches, and the reasonable suspicion sometimes needed for such non-routine searches did not carry over to vehicles.
"The government's interest in preventing the entry of unwanted persons and effects is at its zenith at the international border," Rehnquist said.
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