The article is light on details and has its mind made up as to what we should think of the provision, but it made me recall a remark I once encountered to the e

The article is light on details and has its mind made up as to what we should think of the provision, but it made me recall a remark I once encountered to the effect that "a police state is mainly concerned with making the job of the police easier". As life in the United States becomes increasingly bleak and anti-democratic (via regulatory capture and other political corruptions), it will become increasingly important for the state to exercise constant control over the populace. I'm a pessimist, but happy to be wrong.