Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

the professor elaborates on the steps used when determining the legality of the Fourth Amendment. The six steps of the broad Fourth Amendment template include: who does the Amendment apply to, has there been a search or seizure/seizure, is there probable cause, did law enforcement need to get a warrant, is the search conducted by law enforcement reasonable, and what happens if there is a violation of the Fourth Amendment (lecture 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3rXXu9_QxA). Additionally, the factors

characters in the book are basically stripped of every right that citizens, in the United States, are guaranteed under the US Constitution. Some examples of the Bill of Rights Amendments that were absent in the book would be the First Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Sixth Amendment, as well as the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Nineteenth Amendment, and also many others. Under the First Amendment in the United States Constitution, it is stated, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion

The Fourth Amendment is rather specific in its wording:   “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” (www.law.cornell.edu).   The importance of this amendment is for all citizens to be able to protect their

The Fourth Amendment was added on December 15, 1791, and ensured that it would protect citizens from arbitrary invasions, unlawful detainments, and a citizen’s right to privacy in the United States. Throughout modern America, the Fourth would should up in various landmark court cases around the country and establish itself as one of the most fundamental rights a person can possess. Citizens have the right to feel safe in their homes, as well as being safe around their own town, but what would happen

liberties are broad-based freedoms that are granted by the bill of rights or constitution and they allow individuals to practice their civil rights. This includes the right to free speech, privacy, and a fair court trial. On March 1, 1792, Thomas Jefferson announced that the 4th Amendment was adopted to the Constitution of the United States of America and that it formed part of the Bill of Rights. The Fourth Amendment was created to forbid unreasonable searches and seizures of individuals or their

SURROUNDING 4TH AMENDMENT The past several years have seen a proliferation of legislation directed at controlling criminal activities through the increased application of new laws. The effectiveness of these new laws, remains in question due not only to their relative infancy but also due to a uniform determinism of what constitutes effectiveness. The purpose of this paper will be to review the Fourth amendment particularly relating to NSA, FISA, Title III and the PATRIOT Act. The fourth amendment in the

The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution states that people have the right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures,” but the issue at hand here is whether this also applies to the searches of open fields and of objects in plain view and whether the fourth amendment provides protection over these as well. In order to reaffirm the courts’ decision on this matter I will be relating their decisions in the cases of Oliver v. United States

One controversial aspect of the Fourth Amendment is of how courts should seize evidence obtained illegally. The rights guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights states that “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” However, it does not explain clearly what an unreasonable search or seizure is and in what cases a police officer should take caution when searching or seizing

(Thomas Jefferson). Although the constitution was the most detailed document to have been created it still contained some flaws. It elaborated on the limitations of the government but what it did not specify is what the government was not capable of doing. The people wanted to ensure that central government would not have the opportunity to overpower their freedoms in the future and could only do so by the creation of the first ten amendments in the constitution. The Bill of Rights is meant to serve

equate to a violation of the Fourth Amendment. Fourth Amendment protections extend to persons, houses, papers, and effects (Bohm & Haley, 2011); land is not categorized under any of these elements. Therefore, the protections of the Fourth Amendment do not apply. Interpretation of open field is much along the lines of how plain sight is construed. If evidence of an illegal nature is out in the open, a warrant is not required to seize it. The intent of the Fourth Amendment is to safeguard an individual’s