The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable government searches and seizures of their persons, houses, papers, and effects. This generally requires a warrant based on probable cause.
Search and seizure protection ensures privacy and limits government power to intrude into people's lives and property without proper legal justification.
Search and seizure protection isn't absolute—there are exceptions for consent, exigent circumstances, and other special situations.
Search and seizure protection ensures privacy and limits government power to intrude into people's lives and property without proper legal justification.
Search and seizure protection isn't absolute—there are exceptions for consent, exigent circumstances, and other special situations.