4th Amendment Essay
Issues About the Fourth Amendment
1. Introduction
The bill of rights is the name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. James Madison wrote The 4th Amendment is about people having the right to have privacy and feel secure in their persons, houses and not having unreasonable searches and seizures, and one shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause. In other words, the 4th amendment is about having privacy, no one is allowed to search you unless there’s a warrant. The 4th Amendment deals with protecting people from searching their homes and private property without properly executed search warrants. This amendment is important because without it, the government or authorities would be …show more content…
For example, in the article, “Detention Short of Arrest: Stop and Frisk,” by Thomson Reuters, Reuters talks about how a police officer can frisk only if a probable cause is presented. The police officer ended up frisking a man and found that he had been carrying a weapon. “The case arose when a police officer observed three individuals engaging in conduct which appeared to him, on the basis of training and experience, to be the ''casing'' of a store for a likely armed robbery; upon approaching the men, identifying himself, and not receiving prompt identification, the officer seized one of the men, patted the exterior of his clothes, and discovered a gun” (Reuters). This case was later investigated and was then said that the Fourth Amendment was applicable to the …show more content…
With all this corruption going on and the misconduct, police officers violate the people's rights.
In the article, “Rodriguez v. United States,” by Nick Gillespie, Gillespie tells us about a case where cops violated the Fourth Amendment. “In a 6-3 decision issued today in the case of Rodriguez v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Nebraska police violated the Fourth Amendment by extending an otherwise lawful traffic stop in order to let a drug-sniffing dog investigate the outside of the vehicle” (Gillespie). This incident violated the Fourth Amendment because it went against the Constitution’s right against unreasonable searches and
1. Introduction
The bill of rights is the name of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. James Madison wrote The 4th Amendment is about people having the right to have privacy and feel secure in their persons, houses and not having unreasonable searches and seizures, and one shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause. In other words, the 4th amendment is about having privacy, no one is allowed to search you unless there’s a warrant. The 4th Amendment deals with protecting people from searching their homes and private property without properly executed search warrants. This amendment is important because without it, the government or authorities would be …show more content…
For example, in the article, “Detention Short of Arrest: Stop and Frisk,” by Thomson Reuters, Reuters talks about how a police officer can frisk only if a probable cause is presented. The police officer ended up frisking a man and found that he had been carrying a weapon. “The case arose when a police officer observed three individuals engaging in conduct which appeared to him, on the basis of training and experience, to be the ''casing'' of a store for a likely armed robbery; upon approaching the men, identifying himself, and not receiving prompt identification, the officer seized one of the men, patted the exterior of his clothes, and discovered a gun” (Reuters). This case was later investigated and was then said that the Fourth Amendment was applicable to the …show more content…
With all this corruption going on and the misconduct, police officers violate the people's rights.
In the article, “Rodriguez v. United States,” by Nick Gillespie, Gillespie tells us about a case where cops violated the Fourth Amendment. “In a 6-3 decision issued today in the case of Rodriguez v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court held that Nebraska police violated the Fourth Amendment by extending an otherwise lawful traffic stop in order to let a drug-sniffing dog investigate the outside of the vehicle” (Gillespie). This incident violated the Fourth Amendment because it went against the Constitution’s right against unreasonable searches and