Hagedorn sees need to limit government overreach

That's the intent of the "constitution"

but SCOTUS has been bastardized and
sees powers "not there" while ignoring
rights "clearly stated"

Once that happened it was just a matter of time

Part of the reason that the USA is a police state now is because Americans believe that they are exempt from tyranny and freedom doesn't benefit them.

Americans don't care if coffee is illegal if they don't drink coffee.

Americans don't mind unconstitutional NSA surveillance if Americans think that only Muslims and negroes are being wiretapped.