Subpoena Abuse

When a government agency searches without a reason, it’s called “fishing.” When the Attorney General of New Jersey issued a subpoena demanding the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the donors to a pregnancy center, it wasn’t just fishing; it was searching for a white whale.

The Fourth Amendment protects us from unreasonable searches. However, that does not stop some law enforcement agencies from abusing their subpoena authority to conduct unreasonable searches. That appears to be what happened to First Choice Women’s Resource Center.

It’s bad enough that the attorneys brought such a poorly formed case, but the fact that no one pointed out the blatant Fourth Amendment violation is truly disturbing.

I doubt the court will publish its decision before June. I can only hope that the justices will see beyond the focus on First Choice’s attorney on the First Amendment and see the true danger to our right to be secure from unreasonable searches and seizures.

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