Rand Paul's Lawsuit and the 4th Amendment

This article on Rand Paul's class action lawsuit from the Wall Street Journal gives hope that at least some of our representatives care about what is left of our privacy.  For those who are used to having your privacy whittled away little by little, just return to your phone and apps, this doesn't concern you.  For the rest of us, let's take a look at one of those pesky Amendments that were written to keep the power of the government in check.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

I'm not a lawyer and don't need to get into the various ways in which the federal government can micro-analyze and justify violating this or any other God-given right(Yes, God-given).  We have the right to be secure in all of our "stuff" against unreasonable searches and seizures.  In order to have a reasonable search and seizure therefore the amendment states that there should be probable cause for such an action describing the particulars of said action. The reasonable person says that until such a time arises that probable cause against an individual is declared via legal warrant, that the government has no right to search and seize anything of its people.

Given the track record of lawsuits in this area, it is probably a long shot, but not one that is not worth taking.  Of course, if Congress would ever get off its rear end and do anything worthwhile other than expand the size of government, that would probably be the fastest way to restore the rights of the people.  Of course, that would mean that they were actually concerned with said rights which is a long shot in itself.  Anyway, the link below provides an overview of the impending lawsuit.