Fourth Amendment
Maurice Shannon
amendment 4
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 persons or things to be seized.
Historical bacground
Like most of the rest of the Bill of Rights, the Fourth Amendment has its origins in seventeenth-and eighteenth-century English common law. Unlike the rest of the Bill of Rights, the Fourth Amendment's origins can be traced precisely—it arose out of a strong public reaction to three cases from the 1760s, two decided in England and one in the colonies.
citiation
- Search and Seizure - The Fourth Amendment: Origins, Text, And History - Police, Searches, Warrants, and Law - JRank Articles http://law.jrank.org/pages/2014/Search-Seizure-Fourth-Amendment-origins-text-history.html#ixzz3twGaKz8B
- Leavitt, Amie Jane. Bill of Rights in Translation : What It Really Means. Mankato: Capstone, 2009. Ebook.