Conduct research online and locate a Fourth Amendment Supreme Court case.
Post a link to the case.
Discuss the Fourth Amendment requirements that must be met before a search warrant will be issued.
Do you think the Fourth Amendment goes far enough to protect citizens against unreasonable search and seizure? Why or why not?
In your response posts, provide additional insight into your peers' ideas. What might have been included in your classmate's initial post that they didn't consider?
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is a cornerstone of individual liberty, designed to protect citizens from arbitrary governmental intrusion into their lives and property. It states:
"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."
One seminal Fourth Amendment Supreme Court case is Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967).
Link to the case: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/389/347/
This case famously established the "reasonable expectation of privacy" test, significantly expanding the Fourth Amendment's protection beyond physical trespass. In Katz, the Supreme Court ruled that attaching an electronic listening device to the outside of a public telephone booth violated Katz's reasonable expectation of privacy, even though there was no physical intrusion into the booth. The Court stated that "the Fourth Amendment protects people, not places."