Fourth Amendment Pros And Cons

“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,” (Bill of Rights). The Fourth Amendment states that people have the right to not have their persons or homes be searched by the government; however, this is not the case in today’s society. Even with this amendment, the police still refuse to confine to the rights of this amendment. In investigating the justifications of the Fourth Amendment in the Bill of Rights, one can conclude that the evaluations of the history of the Fourth Amendment has changed in modern applications and the effectiveness.
In the past, the British parliament can search anyone’s house and unlawfully arrest them; as a result, outrage regarding privacy arose. Therefore, James Otis first claimed that the British government violated the people’s rights. From this, the government of the American colonies added an amendment protecting people’s privacy on their Constitution, so the British government cannot invade the colonies’ personal belongings and houses. On the 25th of September in 1789, the first 12 amendments were created and added onto the Constitution protecting people’s rights. “Like the Third Amendment, the first half of the Fourth Amendment was included in the Bill of Rights in response to the oppressive way British soldiers treated American colonists through their use of ‘Writs of Assistance.’” (The Rutherford Institute). In a general aspect, the history of the Fourth Amendment helped to make the rights of privacy for Americans