Justice Roberts in his opinion for Riley v California.
Our cases have recognized that the Fourth Amendment was the founding
generation's response to the reviled "general warrants" and "writs of
assistance" of the colonial era, which allowed British officers to
rummage through homes in an unrestrained search for evidence of
criminal activity. Opposition to such searches was in fact on of the
driving forces behind the Revolution itself. [...]
Modern cell phones are not just another technological convenience.
With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many
Americans "the privacies of life." The fact that technology now allows
an individual to carry such information in his hand does not make the
information any less worth of the protection for which the Founders fought.I have never seen any credible historian claim that. Good luck with that line of reasoning.
If you aren't convinced, go research the various SCOTUS cases that recognized that the right to privacy is implicit in the constitution. I quoted a recent SCOTUS opinion already.
Also, Article 1, Section 1 of the California Constitution:
All people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights.
Among these are enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring,
possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety,
happiness, and privacy.
^^^^^^^Not only is he saying it, so is the Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, whom he quoted. Opposition to such searches was in fact on of the driving forces behind the Revolution itself.
Did you even read the above paragraphs?
Yes, there were obviously other factors as well.
You can't have liberty without the expectation of privacy. It just doesn't happen.
Liberty is definitely something our ancestors (both yours as an American I'm assuming, and mine as a Brit) have fought and died for and we should absolutely resist any attempts by enemies both foreign and domestic (that includes our politicians) to take it away.