Friday, December 9, 2011

4th amendment summary

The fourth amendment to the United States is part of the Bill of Rights. It guards against unreasonable searches and seizures. It requires a warrant  to be judicially sanctioned with a probable cause. Its creation was a result of an abuse of the general search warrant.
Some surpreme court cases it was used in were the mapp vs. Ohio case and the Katz vs. United States case.

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