So $10K represents a legitimate cause for the government to monitor a citizen. Would you be able to cite any portion of the Bill of Rights or Constitution where you would derive that was granted to the Federal Government?
I don't think anyone here is defending his actions. I'm not and in fact Rush is not.
I didn't fill in my race on the census form (in defiance of the law I might add) just to piss them off. Why would I do something like that! Well frankly it's none of their damn business. Ditto's if you withdraw $10K
So $10K represents a legitimate cause for the government to monitor a citizen. Would you be able to cite any portion of the Bill of Rights or Constitution where you would derive that was granted to the Federal Government? The U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of the law is here. As you will see by clicking on the link, the Court's opinion was written by Justice Rehnquist, and the Government's brief was written by Robert Bork. Rehnquist, for the Court, answered your question as follows:
"The plenary authority of Congress over both interstate and foreign commerce is not open to dispute, and that body was not limited to any one particular approach to effectuate its concern that negotiable instruments moving in the channels of that commerce were significantly aiding criminal enterprise."
Isn't it just grand how the War on Drugs makes "conservatives" into fans of big government?