US Supreme Court Say Border Patrol Can Pretty Much Do Whatever They Want.

 From Reuters:

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday made it nearly impossible for Americans to sue federal law enforcement officers who violate their constitutional rights, further narrowing the already limited path to hold U.S. officials accountable for even egregious misuse of their authority.

The court’s ruling grants actual absolute immunity to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents. That’s nearly 20,000 officers whose work sometimes involves detaining migrant children and flying drones over protests to help with “situational awareness.” Border patrol agents have more power than local police in many contexts, and they engage in the full range of ordinary law enforcement activity -- often far away from the border.

The court in Egbert v. Boule held that CBP officer Erik Egbert can’t be sued for allegedly throwing Robert Boule to the ground and injuring him while trying to arrest another man at Boule’s bed-and-breakfast. Egbert allegedly retaliated after Boule filed an excessive force complaint by asking the Internal Revenue Service and various other agencies to investigate him.

“Congress is better positioned to create remedies in the border-security context,” Justice Clarence Thomas wrote. The 6-3 ruling split along ideological lines, with conservatives in the majority.

The court further narrowed a more restrictive standard it established just five years ago, holding that courts can now dismiss lawsuits against federal officials if there “is any rational reason (even one) to think that Congress is better suited to ‘weigh the costs and benefits’” of allowing the suit.

The ruling represents a grave threat to civil liberties: It sets a standard lenient and vague enough to be construed in many cases as blanket immunity for law enforcement officers at the FBI, DEA and ICE, for example.

No before you say, "who cares about a bunch of beach fronts, some Canadian pill-pushers or a group of over-eager Texans?" let's look at how the "border" is defined:

Basically, New England is 98% border, and maybe 13 states are exempt, so if you live in Nevada or Tennessee, you're OK for now. It's almost like our government is preparing the various forms and factions of law enforcement for a country-wide social revolution. Almost.