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    challenges under the fourth amendment. The use of drones as as investigative tool can provide benefits to law enforcement however, the use of drones can lead to privacy concerns which need to be addressed as well. The use of devices for the benefit of law enforcement must be examined in regard to both the efficiency and efficacy of law enforcement techniques as well as the privacy rights of those citizens in which the government wishes to monitor. According to the Fourth Amendment, people are provided

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    especially in such a fast paced moving world, is extremely vital yet is extremely violated, as recently discovered the NSA has been spying on U.S. citizens for quite a while now; based on the Fourth Amendment, the risk of leaked and distorted individual information, as well as vulnerability to lack of anonymity. The Fourth

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    color of governmental authority are exempted from the Fourth Amendment.”(Cornell University Law School) The fourth amendment of the U.S. constitution was originally written 1789 but wasn’t considered official until 1791. Let’s fast forward to 2017. We now have the internet and this is how majority of the world conducts business. And since the introduction of the internet personal information is considered to be protected under this amendment with the help of federal regulations enforced by the Federal

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    The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments from the United States Constitution. The Bill of Rights was written by James Madison on December 15, 1791. The purpose of the Bill of Rights is to address the rights of the individuals that the Constitution did not specified correctly and it also was written to protect the rights of the individuals liberties even if the majority wanted to take them away. In the Fourth Amendment of the U.S Constitution provides privacy as it states in the Constitution

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    place. Under the ruling of the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court the Fourth Amendment was not violated by the principals search. Second, The Lower Court of Appellate Division (New Jersey State Court System). The ruling stated that there was no Fourth Amendment violation but removed the delinquency decision. However, it was then sent back to the Juvenile Court, to decide whether T.L.O had willingly surrendered her Fifth Amendment before admitting what she had done wrong. Third, the case went to the

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    procedures and investigations: the exclusionary rule is an essential extension of the Fourth Amendment or the statue is an unnecessary law that is taken advantage of by criminals. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects Americans against unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement officials. The Exclusionary Rule, which mandates that evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, is inadmissible in a criminal trial. This statute has been rigorously supported because

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    21st century. If ruled the in favor of the state of California it would fundmentaly change the fourth amendment officers would be able to search people’s phones with no other evidence other than they thought that it was in best intrest to them to serach it and you could have done nothing about it and that is a clear violation of the protection of unreasonable search and seizure that the fourth amendment gives us. To understand why this case was so important you have to know the backround of the situation

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    The fourth amendment deals with search and seizure. Although they go hand and hand, they are two different things. In order to do a search you need to obtain a search warrant. A search warrant is a permission, signed by a judge that allows law enforcement to enter private property to look for certain items. It is addressed to the owner of the property, notifying them that a judge decided that the certain item with be found there. In order to obtain a search warrant, law enforcement must show that

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    The Fourth Amendment protects the right of citizens from illegal and unreasonable searches. The Fourth Amendment states that a soldier, government agent, or police officer is not allowed to search your home unless there is a probable cause. Unless, if a law enforcement officer were to believe that you may have committed a crime, a search warrant is needed. It is not legal and is considered a crime if a soldier, officer, etc were to check or take property without a search warrant. This gives citizens

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    I. THE INITIAL STOP WAS CONSTITUTIONAL AND DID NOT VIOLATE APPELLANT 'S FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS BECAUSE POLICE OFFICER EXECUTING THE STOP REASONABLY THOUGHT THAT CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE WAS BREACHED The Constitution protects individuals from unreasonable seizures under the fourth amendment. The stop of the individual by the law enforcement does not constitute an unlawful seizure because it was reasonable within the meaning of Heien and therefore suppression is not warranted. Section A evaluates

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