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What Is The Fourth Amendment: Necessary Or Flawful?

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The fourth amendment protects citizens from unlawful search and seizure. In order for a search and seizure to happen the police have to have evidence in order to get a warrant which allows them to search the citizens luggage, house, etc.In some cases the government may go to far, or invade privacy of others, but in this case the government didn’t go to far and this is proven in DLKs case, thermal imager, and heat image. In DLKs case he was taking reasonable expectation of privacy in the activities he was doing in his home. He did not know that he exposed his conduct to the public. DLk took normal precautions against observations by conducting his activities inside the home(Document D). He did this because the fourth amendment protects unlawful

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