Essay On Fourth Amendment

The fourth amendment is important to all Americans and it is one of the most important amendments. The fourth amendment is important because it protects Americans from unreasonable search and seizure. “To protect Americans from the government invading our privacy and looking through our things, then finding evidence that might be used against us to convict Americans of crimes, the colonials put in the fourth amendment to free Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures.” (“Fourth Amendment with English captions”) The Fourth Amendment is: 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 …show more content…
Ohio brings challenge to the fourth amendment. A landmark case is a court case that is studied because it has historical and legal significance. In Mapp v. Ohio police were suspicious that Dollree Mapp might be hiding a person suspected in a bombing in her home therefore they barged into her house pretending to have a search warrant. The police found a trunk containing pornographic materials. The police then arrested Mapp and charged her with violating an Ohio law against the possession of obscene materials. After losing an appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court, Mapp took her case to the U.S. Supreme Court. When brought to the U.S. Supreme court they determined that the evidence obtained through a search that violates the Fourth Amendment is inadmissible in state courts. (”Mapp v. Ohio (1961) Exclusionary …show more content…
There will be many more cases to come that dispute what the fourth amendment protects and what is does not. All in all the fourth amendment is a very important amendment for