Why nanny statists hate the Fourth Amendment

California Attorney General Kamala Harris weighed in on the wrong side in this year’s unanimous Supreme Court decision that the Fourth Amendment prohibits warrantless searches of cell phones by police. Nanny statist Ms. Harris more recently issued a regulation that allows her to unilaterally violate both the Fourth and First Amendments of some of her critics. The nanny state is government with a big stick. The “stick” is the threat of penalties such as fines, imprisonment, or for activities subject to license, the loss of the license. With government doing so much harm these days, it is becoming clearer that nanny statists such as Kamala Harris are actually the biggest threat to the civil liberties of the greatest number of people of all races, creeds and conscience. The nanny state uses the threat of penalties -- or force -- to coerce behavior. Prospective fines discourage the sale of oversized sodas. Armed raids and jail time are now threats to...(Read Full Article)