Border-search authority cannot be used to punish disfavored journalism or expose confidential sources, and the government must return Blumenthal’s phones and any information obtained from them.
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Standing
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What bears on it
Nothing supports or challenges this claim yet — untested, which is not the same as refuted.
Voices
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee independent
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What the documents actually said
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- Border-search authority cannot be used to punish disfavored journalism or expose confidential sources, and the government must return Blumenthal’s phones and…
ADC asks the Court to act immediately.
Border-search authority cannot be used to punish disfavored journalism or expose confidential sources, and the government must return Blumenthal’s phones and any information obtained from them.
Sources
Who and what it involves
- American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
- Eastern District of Virginia federal court
- Max Blumenthal
- smartphones
Origin: extracted from ADC sues DHS Secretary Mullin over illegal CBP seizure of Max Blumenthal’s devices · 2026-07-23 07:04