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Tom McClintock: “Which is why we have a Constitution to restrain it, but that Constitution guarantees me not only my Fourth Amendment…”

On the recordJuly 18, 2022
Which is why we have a Constitution to restrain it, but that Constitution guarantees me not only my Fourth Amendment privileges against the government to come snooping into my affairs, but it also gives me the freedom to enter into contracts with others that we find mutually beneficial.
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

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McClintock emphasizes the Constitution's role in protecting individual rights and contract freedoms.

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