"Anonymous Tips?"

The Supreme Court has ruled that “authorities” could violate people’s rights on the basis of an “anonymous tip.” An anonymous tip could easily be manufactured by a cop as an excuse to search ANYBODY because it IS “anonymous.” As such, it cannot be proved, nor disproved. Justice Scalia, in his dissent, called it a “freedom destroying cocktail.” And it is. It is a judgment that allows cops to just search people on their own initiative, based on a false claim of “an anonymous tip.” Basically, all you have to do if you get mad at a driver is to call in an “anonymous tip” that he violated the law and the cops do the rest, even if they see nothing to support the claim. That’s pure “police state” activity. Scalia was joined in his dissent by Justices Thomas, Ginsberg, Kagan and Sotomayer. Except for Thomas, not the usual suspects in opposing freedom-canceling measures. Unfortunately, their dissent does nothing to reverse this onerous ruling. (The Blaze)