Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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    Roy Olmstead Case Summary

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    violated his 4th Amendment guarantees which protect against unreasonable search and seizures as well as violated his 5th Amendment guarantees against testifying against yourself. Olmstead was found guilty on appeal in the US appellate court and the case was moved to the US…

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    day to day lives. The right to have privacy was provided to people when it was installed in the 4th amendment to the constitution. Although the U.S. Government has been stretching out this basic right and invading the privacy right that every American has. The government should not be allowed to freely use surveillance programs to watch over innocent people 's every move. Stated in the 4th amendment there is the right for people “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects,…

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    One of the most commonly known amendments are those that are considered part of the Bill of Rights. However, one of the most important amendment that every citizen should know is the Fourth Amendment. This Amendment is broken in three parts that imply that people should have the right to be secure in and of their property, no warrants should be issued without any unreasonable cause and that if there is a warrant, then they should specify the place and people of search. Many citizens do not…

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    United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Bryan-Vs-McPherson, the Coronado Police Department, City of Coronado, A Municipal Corporation, Retrieved June 17, 2017, from http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2009/12/28/08-55622.pdf NIJ, (2016)…

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    The Right to Privacy” is the right that protects the personal information of people. This right is the 12th Article in the, “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, it says that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honor and reputation”,(“Universal Declaration of Human Rights”). It is important because the right to privacy makes us feel safe at home. When people say “I don't care about the right to privacy…

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    misnomer” and could be considered many other things. Liptak also presents the issue that the ruling would apply to searches on various other things such as laptops and tablets. Moreover, the Fourth Amendment was a factor the Supreme Court had to thoroughly take into consideration. “Riley V. California” states the final ruling, as a unanimous decision that entailed…

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    where he was subsequently found hiding in the basement. The officers on scene searched the basement following the arrest of Buie where they found in plain view the red running suit. Buie attempted to have the evidence suppressed, citing that his Fourth Amendment rights had been violated by the officers conducting the search. The trial court dismissed the claim made by Buie, finding that the officers acted within reasonable measures to protect themselves from an attack.…

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    was a cellophane bag containing cocaine. The respondent moved to have the cocaine evidence be suppressed because the officer violated his Fourth Amendment rights to a lawful search and seizure. Nonetheless, the trial court rejected that request based the reasonable cause the officers had to search him. Falling on Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968) the state felt that due to Mr. Dickerson’s demeanor was enough for reason to perform a search. While performing the search the officers discovered a…

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    What Is Probable Cause

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    can each play a role in making an automobile stop, however the terms are used interchangeably. The term, probable cause” is used to “support” a traffic stop, whereas the term “reasonable suspicion” is used as a standard that complies with the Fourth Amendment; the right against “unreasonable” searches and seizures. So if officers are within the rights, he may then proceed to stop a vehicle; that is if he has “reasonable suspicion” to believe that a traffic violation or crime has occurred. In an…

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    To expound on the process of the Fourth Amendment, we must recognize and interpret its meaning. The Fourth Amendment is the protection of our citizen privacy against certain governmental interferences (Bohm & Haley, 2014, p. 105). The procedural rights of The Fourth Amendment are the search and seizure of citizens property and/or person in violation of the criminal law, with a meaningful interference by the government. There has to be probable cause. A search and seizure have to be within reason…

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