Analyzing The Fourth Amendment And Its Impact On The Safety Of Law Enforcement Officers TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 1. ABSTRACT 3 2. INTRODUCTION 4 3. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE 7 4. RELEVANT COURT CASES 9 5. PROPOSED CHANGE 13 6. SOCIAL IMPACT 16 7. CONCLUSION 17 8. REFERENCES 18 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
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Rights was ratified. Adding these 10 Amendments granted personal liberties and rights to the people, and further limited the power of the federal government. The 3rd and 4th Amendments both grant privacy and protection from the federal government in a person’s home;
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STUDY OF THE 4TH CJUS367-1004A-05 Criminal Law Study of The 4th Amendment Study Of The 4th Amendment This particular assignment wants us to take a look at the 4th Amendment specifically, surrounding a make shift drug operation, that will more than likely involve an interrogation of some type with the suspects and a search. The 4th Amendment specifically deals with a person’s
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Criminal Procedure 4th Amendment The 4th Amendment, and Article 1 Section 12 of the NY constitution prohibit unreasonable searches and seizures. A search or seizure is unreasonable when performed by the Government and not authorised by the warrant or conducted under circumstances given rise to an exception to the warrant requirement. The 4th Amendment does not prohibit, or require a warrant for reasonable searches and seizures. It is a restraint on government or state action, but does not
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The Fourth amendment states that you have the right of privacy in your home and body. However, that right was violated when the government scanned DLK’s home. Federal agents suspected that DLK was growing marijuana in his home, and scanned the outside of his home with a thermal imager. The thermal imager was able to detect unusual heat waved in certain places of the house. Thus, the question is, did the government go too far with the right to investigate a place as well as the right to take evidence
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The constitution of the United States was written to protect the rights of American citizens. One in particular the 4th Amendment which is the right “to be secure in their people, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable search and seizure.” This was a step forward on the road to guarantee privacy, however the protection provided was limited because of the technological advances, which in turn the protection of privacy is becoming more abraded in favor of enforcing law. For example
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it—the storm may enter, the rain may enter—but the King of England cannot enter—all his force dares not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement." -William Pitt in Parliament in 1763- If freedom of speech, the first amendment, is the most important of our right than the Fourth Amendment, protection against unreasonable search and seizure is right behind it. To the framers of the constitution illegal search and seizure was deeply personal. British soldiers through writs of assistance had a blank check
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Fourth Amendment rights were violated. (2) Whether an illegal search was conducted by the police officer
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There have been a number of landmark decisions made in the U.S. Supreme Court that effect the 4th amendment. Some of the most influential cases of all time are Weeks v. United States, Mapp v. Ohio, Terry v. Ohio, Florida v. Bostick, and Schneckloth v. Bustamonte. These cases have shaped the way law enforcement must go about apprehending certain suspects. They must now be careful when it comes to searches and seizures, and making sure to have a warrant or the owners consent before doing so. Weeks
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should not be allowed to commission digital information from tech companies because of a customer's fourth amendment rights, their lack of consent, and the dangerous precedents it could set. One of the most important reasons that the law should not be allowed to seize data from our technological devices is the 4th amendment, which applies to all American citizens. The 4th amendment explicitly states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,
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