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    physical harm, preserve evidence or prevent a suspect from escaping, abandoned properties or if the suspect voluntarily lets police inside. What precedent or laws did the court use in order to come to its ultimate conclusion? Under this case the Fourth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution prohibits the police from performing unreasonable or unwarranted searches of people’s properties. With this we understand

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    schools across America. Questions rise through the cracks asking if it is a violation of American rights. The fourth amendment guarantees “the right of the people to secure to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures (Ehlenberger, 31-35).” Administration has no justifiable reason to conduct random searches, thus breaking the fourth amendment. A myriad of court cases has concluded that there are questions about what constitutes reasonable suspicion

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    violating the Fourth Amendment is usually not admissible in court? It’s actually interesting how this works. The amendment i chose is the 4th one because i like my persons and properties protected. This right was put in the bill of rights because there were to many unreasonable searches and seizures. To me i feel this right is used today to keep the searches and seizures under control. I think the 4th amendment may be under attack by the officers who do illegal searches and violate the amendments. For the

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    The Fourth Amendment was created in the year of 1791, and it protected people from unwarranted investigations. “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 Fourth Amendment protects people

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    All amendments keep our states together, but there is one amendment that is especially important. Amendment four is about giving you the right to be safe in your home and your property. There shouldn’t be any unreasonable searches or seizures. The fourth amendment is better than all the other amendments because it gives you protection in your house, no warrants should be issued, and proving is better than inferring. The fourth amendment gives you the right “to be secure in their persons, houses,

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    The Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights ensures Americans the right to be secure in their homes from government intrusion. Essentially, an officer cannot enter the place of residence of an individual without probable cause or a search warrant. However, with the advances in technology, the government is able to use GPS technology to gain information on certain criminal prospects without probable cause. This is considered unlawful in regards to what the Fourth Amendment stands for. Even under the

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    Fourth Amendment Speech

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    searches without notifying the subject of the search. 2. While, Section 215, known as the “gag-rule”, is a provision that allows subpoenas of various information to be handled covertly. 3. These are, quite noticeably, in direct conflict with the Fourth Amendment which is as everyone knows is “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

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    and the Bill of Rights, the Fourth Amendment can be best defined as an amendment providing 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, 2012). In general terms, the Fourth Amendment protects from illegal searches

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    Amendment IV is by far one of the most important Amendments ever made. Amendment IV states that no unreasonable searches can be done in one’s personal space or owned property without a warrant or permission from the owner. This Amendment should never be taken away because of, people’s privacy, their time, and because of the way it can make one individual feel uncomfortable. Police can at any time have their judgment towards others cloud their actual job and it would be unfair to give them crazy amounts

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    The fourth amendment of the United States talks about the rights of people and how they can secure their personal items unless they need to be searches by the police. The only time the police or someone in the federal investigation business can search your house is if they have a search warrant and a good cause to search your house. The reason they would need a good reason is because they have to go to the court to get one, so if they say that they need a search warrant because someone stole a candy

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