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    Division where the court’s decision agreed that there was no violation of her fourth amendment rights but removed “ the delinquency adjudication and remanded the case to the Juvenile Court decide if T.L.O. had knowingly and voluntarily waived her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination before confessing.” (US Courts). The New Jersey Supreme Court agreed with the decision of the lower courts that the Fourth Amendment also applies to searches conducted by school officials and “that the exclusionary

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    quite disturbing. The Patriot Act, hosted by NSA, should be abolished because it invades Americans’ fourth amendment, it doesn’t limit the amount of terrorism in America, and they can use their power to brainwash citizens and hack into social medias. Innocent Americans, not connected to any crime or terrorism, are invaded everyday. Their 4th amendment is invaded without them even knowing. The 4th amendment states that “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects

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    Officers decided on the 11th day to install the GPS underneath of his vehicle while it was in a public parking lot in Maryland. This device tracked Jones’s vehicles every move 24 hours a day for 28 days. This particular case focuses solely on the Fourth Amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure, which is discussed in Chapter 11. The government’s installation of the GPS onto the vehicle constitutes a “seizure,” and the use of the device to monitor movement is a “search.” Evidence & Setting

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    1.) Throughout history, the 4th Amendment has changed in a few different ways as far as protection against unlawful searches and seizures. The fundamental ideas of the 4th Amendment sprouted from when America was a colony of England. The Colonies didn’t agree with the fact that the British could come into their homes and take what they wanted. Even the common law prohibition on general warrants was overseen by the British government in order to keep control over the colonies. This corruption and

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    The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution states the following: 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 (Cornell University Law School, 2015). Citizens regularly exercise their Fourth Amendment right

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    Patriot Act encroaches on our First Amendment rights, which allow the citizens of America to speak and express ourselves freely. Secondly it violates the fourth Amendment rights, which protects American citizens against unwanted searches and seizures. The Patriot Act not only violates the Constitution, but represents the loss of our individual liberties as American citizens. The Patriot Act violates our freedom of speech and expression stated in the first Amendment and the protection from searches and

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    Privacy is the most important right that one has to an individual. There are a lot of interpretations of what the word “privacy” entails. Privacy can go as far as the “right to be alone” to access to personal information to online privacy and much more. Privacy did not become an asset to Americans until around the 1960s. Some Americans feel they are losing their right to privacy, others think their right to privacy should be lessened to protect that state and individuals. Privacy may not be a right

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    6. What was the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Ontario v Quon? Held: Because the search of Quon’s text messages was reasonable based on a search for work-related purposes, petitioners did not violate respondents’ Fourth Amendment rights, and the Ninth Circuit erred by concluding otherwise. 7. Justice Kennedy notes several times the difficulties faced by the courts in developing principles in relation to privacy in the workplace. What were his particular concerns with

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    case, Kyllo v. United States, 533 U.S. 27 (2001). Where it was "held that the use of a thermal imaging, or FLIR, device from a public vantage point to monitor the radiation of heat from a person 's home was a "search" within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and thus required a warrant." (Kyllo v. United States. (n.d.) The use of the thermal imaging in this case was used to search a home interior for illegal contraband that wouldn 't be known without this tool. Be an officer of the law requires

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    Terry V. Ohio Case

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    him about his suspicious behavior. The Fourth Amendment applies to this case because it protects people from “unreasonable searches and seizures” without a warrant or probable cause. The reason I chose this particular case to analyze is because it is a clear example of an officer using his experience to recognize suspicious characters and gain probable cause in order to justify searching Terry and his cohorts’ clothing without violating their Fourth Amendment rights. I will examine the facts about

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