Olivier notes that customs agents claim nearly boundless authority to search people coming into the country, with courts recognizing a \u201cborder search exception\u201d to the Fourth Amendment.<\/p>\n
The court’s ruling will set a precedent \u2013 either giving priority to Fourth Amendment protections or siding with the government and making forensic search countermeasures illegal.<\/p>\n
Tuesday<\/p>\n
Next, Olivier explained<\/a> the growing concerns over Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers (ALPRs), which record a car’s make, model and license plate with a timestamp. While the technology has great value to law enforcement, the database has been used in ways that have drawn criticism, such as finding political protesters and assisting in abortion investigations. One Kansas police chief used Flock cameras to track his ex-girlfriend.<\/p>\n Communities across the country have reduced their work with Flock, and some vigilantes have taken to covering the cameras\u2019 lenses with stickers.<\/p>\n Wednesday\u00a0<\/p>\n Midweek, Olivier interviewed<\/a> Managing Editor for News Eric Litke about U.S. News & World Report\u2019s annual Best States rankings. Here are the key takeaways:<\/p>\n U.S. News compiles 71 metrics that assess how states are doing across eight categories: Education, Healthcare, Economy, Fiscal Stability, Infrastructure, Opportunity, Natural Environment and Crime & Corrections.\u00a0 Thursday\u00a0<\/p>\n To close out the week, Olivier covered<\/a> a Reuters report that says Iran may receive up to 400 Chinese-made missiles within weeks. Beijing immediately denied the report. If the report is true, he notes, the U.S.-Iran conflict may escalate into a test of superpower relations.<\/p>\n While the Washington Post recently reported Russia is providing Iran with intelligence to target U.S. forces, President Donald Trump insisted that neither Russia or China are giving weapons to Iran.<\/p>\n For now, the American public waits to hear whether U.S. intelligence has the same information as Reuters.<\/p>\n Sign Up for U.S. News Decision Points<\/p>\n Your trusted source for breaking down the latest news from Washington and beyond, delivered weekdays.<\/p>\n By clicking “Sign Up”, you will receive the latest updates, including emails, from U.S. News & World Report and our trusted partners and sponsors, and you agree to our Terms and Conditions<\/a> & Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Happy Friday! Holliday Woodard back again with what you might have missed this week. This week\u2019s Decision Points…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[65477,262,65476,17031,34,345,81,17013,55,44241,36,82],"class_list":["post-231028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-best-states","tag-china","tag-customs-and-border-protection","tag-holliday-woodard","tag-iran","tag-national-news","tag-politics","tag-privacy","tag-russia","tag-u-s-news-decision-points","tag-war","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117016650549469998","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n Utah ranked No. 1 for the fourth year in a row. The state\u2019s diverse economy gives it many ways to fuel growth, according to Litke.\u00a0
\n Across the eight categories, last-place Louisiana ranked 43rd or lower in all of them. It averaged a rank of 46.6, six full places worse than No. 49 Alaska.
\n South Dakota surged from No. 8 last year to No. 2, improving in the Healthcare, Economy and Opportunity categories. North Dakota jumped from No. 12 to No. 4.\u00a0
\n According to Litke, the rankings offer a report card to hold leaders accountable, show states where to improve and identify people and programs driving change.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/static\/img\/usn-logo-large.svg\"){kind=logo}
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