Amendments are an important system in America without amendments it would be totally different. An example, alcohol would still be prohibited if the 21st amendment didn’t repeal the 18th amendment. What an amendment means is an article added to the constitution.
The 4th amendment stands out to me the most and it states, “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.”
In better words the amendment means it prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires a search warrant by a neutral judge. The history behind this amendment is it was introduced on December 15, 1791 by our founders. They believed that God gave them the natural right to privacy in their own home.
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So this law gives us the right to have privacy and freedom in our own home.
I personally agree with this law to an extent because I do believe people should have their privacy in their own home and not constantly get raided by the police. Without this law I think our encounters with the police would be way different. An example is if you are not doing anything illegal you should have no worries of getting raided but without this law the government can make routine searches through houses if they wanted too. That totally violates your privacy as a person.
I also believe if you are a convicted felon you have lost all of your rights until you have proven you are good again. What this means is that I think the police should search through your home from time to time. I think it will benefit because if the criminal is doing illegal things the police will find out and criminal activity would go down. This is already practiced by the term called probation which takes the felons 4th right
I chose the 14th amendment because it seemed like an easy but interesting amendment. The 14th amendment was ratified on July 19th, 1868. The 14th amendment Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues. The 14th amendment states simply what it means to become a U.S. citizen. The amendment was created to give all people in America, even slaves, the ability to become American citizens.
This amendment means that citizens have the right to own a weapon or firearm to protect themselves against the government and other threats that may occur in their home. This amendment, for a period of time, prevented the need for the United States to have a professional standing government. This amendment provides citizens the right to protect themselves without restrictions from the government. This amendment also gives citizens the right to protect themselves from foreign and domestic affairs if the government
Amendment six is a very important amendment. If you are charged to be arrested and you don’t think you should be, this is an important right. If you are charged with a crime this amendment gives you the right to a jury that can prove your innocence. You also might not know why you are being arrested but, this amendment gives you the right to know immediately. You also have the right to a lawyer, and if you can’t afford one the government will pay for it.
"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". The 4th amendment was made based on the Founding Fathers experience with the Kings agents and the all purpose rit of assistances that they used abusively. Without the 4th amendment, we would be at the will of the police because they could come into our household, search anything and take whatever they want. "A reasonable expatiation of privacy" the 4th amendment secures the protection of the people
The Amendment that means the most to me would have to be the 14th Amendment. It is important to me out of all 27 Amendments because it states in the constitution that all persons born in the United States are subject to its law. No state can make laws that will take that privilege away from said citizen. No state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law. Also no state shall deprive any person the equal protection of the laws.
Some people may think that the 14th amendment does a poor job of protecting people’s rights. In document five it explains how on September 11, 2001,with the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, it has caused video surveillance in the United States to increase. For example the U.S has programs that use facial recognition that help match photographs of criminals faces to the criminal. Another program that we use helps prevent suicide bombers from attacking. Some people may think that prevention of terrible events reoccuring or occurring is a good thing, but using security systems everywhere may be a violation of their rights and privacy.
To begin, we need to understand the fourth amendment. The fourth amendment was created to prevent the government from breaching into our homes and convicting us of crimes based on evidence they discover within our homes. It was vital to state unreasonable searches in the constitution, and an unreasonable search is a search done without
The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments in our Constitution which protect our fundamental rights and ensure a limited government. In 1868 the 14th Amendment was added, which guarantees citizens equal protection under the law and due process. For the Bill of Rights to be effective it would have to protect everyone rights equally, but there are too many cases when minorities or anyone else’s rights are infringed. Therefore the Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment is ineffective and does not protect the rights of all citizens. Someone’s race, gender, and religion could all affect how they are treated.
The whole point of the Fourth Amendment is not to completely stop the police, because the amendment can be waived if an officer has a warrant, or a person’s consent. The Fourth Amendment states that generally a search or seizure is illegal unless there is a warrant, or special circumstances. Technically stating that a citizen is protected by the Fourth Amendment, until a government employee gets a warrant, and then they can invade a citizen’s privacy. Also people state that the FISA Court’s warrants are constitutional, but the NSA’s surveillance is unconstitutional. Even though people do not like the NSA’s surveillance, the NSA is legal because the FISA Court that the people did not mind makes it legal.
The convenient thing about this is that you can do as you please without the worry of the government trying to disrupt your peace. It also helps people of color feel protected from police officers who could be racist, and just want to go through their belongings to arrest them. Another advantage to this is that you don 't have to let police officers inside of your home if you don 't please to do so. However, the downside to this amendment is that valuable time to police officers is wasted since they have to wait for a search warrant to proceed with their job. Another downside is that if they do happen to search someone without a warrant and they find what they were looking for it won 't be able to be used as evidence against the
The Patriot Act is an antiterrorism law that allocates powers to the U.S. Department of Justice, the National Security Agency, and other federal agencies. The law authorizes roving wiretaps, “sneak and peek” warrants, business record searches, and surveillance of individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups. This authorization is in direct violation of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says that “the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects from unreasonable searches and seizures, and that that security can only be violated by a search warrant issued by a neutral judge and based upon probable cause of crime.” The role of definition in legislation starts with
There are 27 amendments in the Constitution. These amendments help protect our rights and are modified over time to make sure that they are always protecting our rights to the best that they can. As time passes, society changes which calls for some amendments to be challenged. The amendment that my historian hour is based off is the 14th amendment. It was ratified on July 28, 1868 and its purpose as stated in the Constitution was, “...nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of laws.”
I feel that this is an extremely important and still completely relevant amendment. Without the protection of the fourth amendment, no one would feel safe. The police/government could target individuals for little to no reason, enter our homes, and take whatever they pleased at any time they felt the urge to. The thought of that even being possible is scary beyond belief. I am not a criminal, and have nothing to hide, but the thought that the government could burst into my home whenever they pleased is terrifying.
Police officers and government employees may not search a person’s property unless they have a warrant. Some pros about the fourth amendment are privacy of citizens, secure property from
They believe that if you give the right for a cop to search his home the cop will think that the person has nothing to hide but most of the times they will be wrong. A good example is that if an officer walks up to you or if he asks to talk you, you have the right to refuse and you can walk away. But if you toss something at him, he now has the right to stop you and will be used as illegal to