The Fourth Amendment And Privacy

The Fourth Amendment protects us citizens from the searching of our homes and private property without properly executed search warrants. If law enforcement wants to collect these records such as GPS tracking or cell phone tracking, they will need a search warrant based on probable cause. This constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment because it violates the individuals reasonable expectation of privacy. You would think that your location would be private and expect it to remain private, but that is not the case. When law enforcement seeks the cell phone location and this individual is inside his or her house, they cross the line by learning facts about the interior of the home, which is clearly illegal without a warrant. Let's say the