searches and seizures

Attempts to explain as objectively as possible the Supreme Court's rulings on privacy, rules of evidence, the exclusionary rule, and other Fourth Amendment issues.

Discusses the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. constitution, examining the state of the world before it was passed, how it came to be passed, and how the protection that it affords against unreasonable searches and seizures has been handled.

Describes the history of protection from unreasonable search and seizure, providing context for the Fourth Amendment; presents related primary documents, including Supreme Court rulings, and contemporary perspectives on search and seizure; and includes a bibliography and an annotated list of relevant Supreme Court cases.

Examines key historical and contemporary Supreme Court interpretations and decisions regarding the Fourth Amendment exploring such topics as probable cause, warrant requirements, and the federal exclusionary rule.

Provides information about the Bill of Rights, focusing on the Fourth Amendment which addresses searches and seizures and warrants, discussing why the Constitution and Bill of Rights are needed, how they were developed, and how the interpretation of the Constitution has changed since it was first ratified.

Explains how the Fourth Amendment came to exist, why it is important, ways in which it has been challenged in the U.S. federal courts, and how it relates to today's issues of national security and ever-developing technology.

Discusses the constitutional right of American citizens to freedom from searches, looking at what the Bill of Rights, and the fourteenth and fourth amendments have to say about the issue.

Examines the case of Weeks v. United States, in which a Kansas City man claimed the police unlawfully searched his home.

Describes the 1995 Supreme Court case which held that public school officials could do mandatory drug testing if they showed that a drug problem existed among the students, even though individual students were not suspected.

Traces the origins of the Fourth Amendment, which speaks of citizens' rights in the matter of search and seizure.