Is random boarding of vessels unconstitutional?

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Originally Posted by NHBUOY

You can get stop/boarded for basically any reason they want to come up with.(articulable suspicion seems to be "the phrase")

That is incorrect.

You can only be stopped and/or bordered if the officer can articulate, using the reasonable person/officer standard, that you have, had or were about to engage in criminal activity.

A far cry from "...basically any reason..."