Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    The Bill of Rights contains the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. These first ten amendments were ratified on December 15, 1791. The Bill of Rights define and interpret constitutional rights and protections that are guaranteed under the US Constitution. The following text is a transcription of the first ten amendments to the Constitution in their original form. “Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise

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    Privacy Under the Fourth Amendment Katz V. The United States The petitioner Mr. Katz was arrested for illegal gambling, he had been gambling over a public phone. The FBI attached an electronic recorder onto the outside of the public phone booth. The state courts claimed this to be legal because the recording device was on the outside of the phone and the FBI never entered the booth. The Supreme Court Ruled in the favor of Katz. They stated that the Fourth Amendment allowed for the protection

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    The Fourth Amendment, a portion of the Bill of Rights, was ratified on December fifteenth seventy ninety-one. The Bill of Rights introduces the Fourth Amendment as 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. (The

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    essential principles of maintaining a democratic and just society. In 1789, the First Congress added a set of 10 amendments to the Constitution, which became known as the Bill of Rights (Robinson & Landrum, 2013). On December 15, 1791, The Bill of Rights, written by James Madison, was ratified to the United States Constitution. The Bill of Rights resulted from pressure from individual states; they wanted greater constitutional protections for individual liberties. The Bill of Rights enumerates explicit

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    Over the past decades The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution has been very controversial. One of the most debated issues in the courts and among civilians, with regards to the Fourth Amendment, is finding a precise and clear description of what is permissible by law, and also provides individuals their rights, and assures that law enforcement uses proper discretion. The median personnel in all cases involve law enforcement agencies. Generally speaking, if there is a court cases

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    The Exclusionary Rule The Constitution is the most important document in America's history. However, it does create much controversy because of its context. The Fourth Amendment is just one of the many parts of the document causing contention within the country. The Fourth Amendment states, 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

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    Chapter 4 10/16/2011 The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states “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 (Fourth Amendment). The text of the Fourth Amendment does not define exactly what “unreasonable

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    The fourth amendment was one of the first amendments to be created shortly after the United States divided from Great Britain. The fourth amendment reads: “The Right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches or 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” (The 4th Amendment

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    Illegal Search and Seizure The Fourth Amendment was added to the Constitution to protect people from the searching of their homes and private property with search warrants. The founders believed that our freedom and the right to privacy would better be protected. Part of the reason we have this amendment was because of the King George. When he had started to tax the colonies, the colonist would change to other ways of getting goods. In some cases that meant smuggling in goods. King George used

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    The Constitution of the United States was designed to protect citizens' civil rights from infringement by the government and law enforcement agencies. The Constitution guarantees that the civil liberties of the people of this country shall be respected and upheld. That fact is often considered to be common knowledge and taken for granted by the vast majority of the population. However it was not always that way. American legislation is constantly growing and developing. New rules and practices are

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