I have no problem with BORDER checks at the border. I do have a problem with random checks inside the US. I have an even bigger problem with probing questions about things that are none of the business of the people asking them, and have no relation to whether I’m carrying drugs, have a trunk full of “extreme Southerners,” or am an American citizen.[/quote]
Exactly. These are suspicion-less and illegal/unconstitutional interior checkpoints.[/quote]
Which questions did they ask you that had nothing to do with drugs, contraband, etc? You said they asked you where you were going, what you were doing in California, etc. Those are valid, relevant questions. Sounds to me that you were just being a dick to the officer and he gave you a hard time in return.[/quote]
Actually they are not illegal searches. Why? Because car travel is not a right. It’s a privilage. They can stop your car all day long… Becuase its s privilege. However they need reasonable cause to search your car because its personal property. That is where you can flatly refuse.
