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4th Amendment For Constitution In King
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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.
That is why the Amendment broadly protects us against government power to intrude on our persons and property at will. The Framers had just fought a revolution against the King's general warrants and writs of assistance; they wanted to prevent any chance their own government would commit the same abuses.
This Fourth Amendment activity is based on the landmark Supreme Court case Brendlin v. California, dealing with search and seizure during a traffic stop.
“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 ...
The Fourth Amendment was introduced in Congress in 1789 by James Madison, along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, in response to Anti-Federalist objections to the new Constitution. Congress submitted the amendment to the states on September 28, 1789.
At the time of its creation, the Fourth Amendment was made in response to increasing infringements on privacy in both the colonies and in England.
See Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373, 403 (2014) (explaining that “the Fourth Amendment was the founding generation's response to the reviled 'general warrants' and 'writs of assistance' of the colonial era, which allowed British officers to rummage through homes in an unrestrained search for evidence of criminal ...
Jump to essay-1See Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373, 403 (2014) (explaining that the Fourth Amendment was the founding generation's response to the reviled 'general warrants' and 'writs of assistance' of the colonial era, which allowed British officers to rummage through homes in an unrestrained search for evidence of ...
Brendlin v. California. This Fourth Amendment activity is based on the landmark Supreme Court case Brendlin v. California, dealing with search and seizure during a traffic stop.
Amendments: In-text citation: (U.S. Const. amend. IV). OR Amendment IV of the U.S. Constitution ... In-text example: The U.S. Constitution protects people from unreasonable searches by the government (U.S. Const. amend. IV).