The Fourth Amendment was introduced in Congress in 1789 by James Madison, along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights, in response to Anti-Federalist objections to the new Constitution.
For now, the point is simply that the Fourth Amendment contains 54 words—not merely the five words on which Professor Kerr focuses. So, what do I mean when I say that his reading is "acontextual"?
In this work, David Gray uncovers the original meaning of the Fourth Amendment to reveal how its historical guarantees of collective security against threats of 'unreasonable searches and seizures' ...
The Fourth Amendment is arguably one of the most important amendments in the U.S. Constitution. It protects citizens from unreasonable searches and seizures in areas that most would consider private, ...
A clearer definition than that may be impossible ... Of course, warrants are sometimes required; otherwise, why would the Fourth Amendment mention them? When the Fourth Amendment was written ...
This essay in the print edition of Reason argues that courts should overturn the "open fields" doctrine of the Fourth Amendment: In a decision issued at the dawn of Prohibition, the Supreme Court ...
As San Francisco’s District Attorney, she declared, “Just because you legally possess a gun in the sanctity of your locked home doesn’t mean that we’re not going to walk into that home and ...
According to Mayank Arora, Regulatory Director at Nangia Andersen India, "The recent amendment... would remove ambiguity ...
The Fourth Amendment protects Americans from “unreasonable searches and seizures” by the government. But the Supreme Court's interpretation of “unreasonable” has varied over time.
But some opponents say these laws violate the Fourth Amendment, and are taking their complaints to the high court. The… Court rules search of businessman’s laptop at border ‘unreasonable ...