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=The Fourth Amendment=

===="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." ====

(People are in secure that others cannot research your properties with unreasonable cause.)

1.What issues prompted the creation of your amendment? 2.What impact did your amendment have on society at that time?

Q &A
Q1. Why was the 4th amendment created? A1. The 4th amendment was written to protect people from the searching their homes and private properties without properly executed search warrants.

Q2. What impact does the 4th amendment have to the police? A2. The 4th amendment make police to find proper reason and have permission before they start researching someone's house.

Q3. What kind of situation were people in before the 4th amendment? A3. Before this amendment, British soldiers researched colonists houses. That was often without permissions or proper reasons.

Q4. Why people thought this amendment is needed? A4. Because they want to protect their privacy.

Q5. How can police officer get warrant from the judge? A5. The police have to convince judge that they have probable cause to search that places in order to stop criminals or capture the criminal.

Q6. Did people think this law is useful now? A6. Some say yes but some say no. People think yes because they feel protected and secure by having this law. But police think they want to research places without warrant, so they can save time and stop criminals faster.

Q7. Should this law still be law today? A7. Yes, it should. Because people's privacy must be protected.

Q8. Who helped or created the 4th amendment? A8. Wilkes v. Wood and Entick v. Carrington leaded creation of the 4th amendment.

Q9. Who was being treated unfairly for the amendment to be created? A9. People of the states were being treated unfairly for this amendment to go into place.

‍Q10.Why did people think this amendment was needed? A10.‍ people were getting mad that people from the states just walked into their house and checked for anything suspicious.

[|Click here to read some news about the serch and seizure.] Here is interesting article about the 4th amendment. Click here to see the video clip about the history of the 4th amendment! [|Here is another video clip about today's use of the 4th amendment.]

Focus Question 1 Some of the issues that prompted the fourth amendment were that peoples houses were being searched without any ones consent. People would just come in to some ones house and look for stuff they needed in a case. Thankfully today we don't have to worry about the police or anyone coming into our house and looking for stuff to use in a case unless, they have a search warrant. J.P.

Focus Question 2 The impact that the 4th amendment have on society at the 18th century was the privacy. Before this law, colonists were not feeling they have privacy because of England's searches. So the colonists made this law when they have own country and make a rule for the new country. After this law created, citizens feel that they have private, and they do not have to feel worry about unreasonable researches from the government. Y.N

=**Current Events**=

[|The Fourth Amendment Shuffle]

This article is talking about the use of Fourth amendment to the car in New Jersey. New Jersey was the last states that requires warrant before the police research your vehicle. But in 2015, their highest court allowed searching vehicles without warrants. The author says that it will make police easier to find crimes by reducing their hustle to get warrants. The article mentioned that the time getting warrants might keep away chances to stop crimes. Because criminals can hide the evidence before the police came in to their places. So, if they can search without a warrant, it will be faster resolution to the crime. There is lots of argue about this amendment because of these problems. But for now, states are following basic idea of the Fourth Amendment.

The Fourth Amendment is still relevant today because people wants to have privacy. The fourth amendment makes police to find proper reason to search houses. So,innocent people will not searched their house. But the problem is the amendment could make criminals easier to hide their evidences before police search their house. For the car search, there is more serious problem. Because they can run away using it. Not only the people, but things that led to criminals will could go away. The change in New Jersey seems the good change following this facts. Knowing these facts, people could say that 4th amendment have both positive and negative sides. (Y.N.)

[|The Fight over Privacy and Secrecy in Government Investigation]

This article is talking about power of the Fourth Amendment over the electronic devices. The justice department asked Apple to unlock the San Bernardio shooters' iPhone. The conflict between them last until march. Because the time when the 4th amendment was made, there was no electronic devices, there is no actual guide to deal with this kind of problem. People wants to protect privacy in side their devices as much as in their houses. But, government need that information in order to solve this incident. Congress were dealing with this kinds of problems over the time. As the time goes by, many new things are produced, so the law must be flexible.

The Fourth Amendment is very important law in this country. Because of this law, people could feel secure and having privacy. Now a days, electronic devices are everywhere. So, people think that those devices should treated same as their houses when police try to search it. The action Apple took to this problem gave good image about them because of that. But, it won't help police to find the true story about the incidents. This is why the problem between Apple and Government got serious. There will be more problems like this in the future. So, the Fourth Amendment should be flexible to life in present day.(Y.N.) 