Argumentative Essay: The Fourth Amendment In The United States

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The Fourth Amendment was broken when Nebraska police searched a car for drugs for no reason, police have the right to search a car with a good reason.
Edward Streiff did not have the authority to search a man who has drugs without a reason.
The origin of why the Fourth Amendment was created was so to avoid the vileness of warrants, and each investigation has to have a believable reason.
The main idea of the Fourth Amendment is that people have a right to not have unwarranted searches on their property.
School administrators only need a reasonable purpose of searching a student, which is very different in other cases including adults.
Using a canine to sniff the outside of car with permission is allowed, but the police in Nebraska stopped a
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The first time the Fourth Amendment was created someone that was not the british colonists was Sir Edward Coke, and he said that every single house was like his castle and protected.
The Fourth Amendment is still not being followed since the 1900s, and the police entering Mr.Weeks home with his key is an example.
The era that we currently are in is still not following the Fourth Amendment with Savana Reddings being searched by the school officials under her undergarments for pills that she had, which is violating her rights.
The modern application of the Fourth Amendment is not exactly being followed with the case of Angel Mendez being in a unwarranted search by two L.A . Count officers.
The Carpenter v. United States was when FBI broke the Fourth amendment for searching that data on a smartphone, and similar to that have the potential to change the Fourth Amendment.
The relevance of the Fourth Amendment in today’s society is somewhat relevant because the D.C. Court ruled that searching someone’s smart phone without permission is outlawed, so people are atoning to the Fourth Amendment currently.
United States v. Karo in 1984 had two police officers that violated the Fourth Amendment for entering a citizen’s house without a warrant, and United States v. Knotts in 1983 had officers who did the correct thing obtained a warrant then went to go