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4th Amendment To Constitution In Illinois
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SEARCHES, SEIZURES, PRIVACY AND INTERCEPTIONS The people shall have the right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and other possessions against unreasonable searches, seizures, invasions of privacy or interceptions of communications by eavesdropping devices or other means.
The Constitution, through the Fourth Amendment, protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. The Fourth Amendment, however, is not a guarantee against all searches and seizures, but only those that are deemed unreasonable under the law.
Common Fourth Amendment Violations Warrantless Searches Without Consent or Probable Cause. Using Invalid or Overbroad Warrants. Unreasonable Use of Surveillance. Exceeding the Scope of a Lawful Search. Pretextual Stops and Searches. Search Incident to Arrest Without Legal Grounds. Coerced or Manipulated Consent.
Each house may punish by imprisonment any person, not a member, guilty of disrespect to the house by disorderly or contemptuous behavior in its presence. Imprisonment shall not extend beyond twenty-four hours at one time unless the person persists in disorderly or contemptuous behavior. (Source: Illinois Constitution.)
Illinois Constitution - Amendments Proposed. A proposed amendment becomes effective if approved by either three-fifths of those voting on the question or a majority of those voting in the election. Total vote, 3,084,675.
Both the fourth amendment of the United States Constitution and article I, section 6, of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 protect individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures. U.S. Const., amend. IV; Ill.
An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the States request one, by a convention called for that purpose. The amendment must then be ratified by three-fourths of the State legislatures, or three-fourths of conventions called in each State for ratification.
To claim a violation of Fourth Amendment rights as the basis for suppressing relevant evidence, courts have long required that the claimant must prove that they were the victim of an invasion of privacy to have a valid standing.