Why Is The 4th Amendment Important

The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of The United States of America was added as part of the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791. The Fourth Amendment deals with protecting people from searching their homes, and private property without properly executed search warrants. “Provides 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” (The History Behind the 4th Amendment).
The Founders that put everything into place believed that freedom from government intrusion to a person’s home was a natural right for the people as well as a fundamental to liberty. What most people have gone without knowing is unreasonable searches and seizures go as far back as 1604 English times. Sir Edward Coke was the first to bring this matter to light among people of this time. He said that, “The house of every one is to him as his castle and fortress , as well for his defense against injury and violence as for his repose” (The History Behind the 4th Amendment).
During the colonial era the King of England looked
The Fourth Amendment was written to secure that our rights are protected against unreasonable search and seizures for all citizens. The TSA has also said you are free to board their planes, however one is not free to leave the screening area before you board the plane itself . That being said the government is not allowed to take a civilian into custody, unless something has or had been brought to their attention that someone has at one point broken the law while on what property or actually witnessing it. Civilians are not to be thrown into custody just for walking outside of their home like the TSA seems to assume if an individual would like to use a plane. Our Fourth Amendment is there for us when these factors come into play for these specific