re: Just got through an inspection checkpoint, how are these constitutional again?

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How is a checkpoint a search or a seizure?

It only becomes a search or seizure if you are apparently breaking a law by not having a valid license or registration for driving, which is a state right, not a right granted by the constitution. Therefore it is subject to all rules and regulations set forth by that state, one of which is checkpoints.

Deal with it.

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(a) Stopping an automobile and detaining its occupants constitute a "seizure" within the meaning of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, even though the purpose of the stop is limited and the resulting detention quite brief. The permissibility of a particular law enforcement practice is judged by balancing its intrusion on the individual's Fourth Amendment interests against its promotion of legitimate governmental interests. Pp. 440 U. S. 653-655.

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