The Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures, but what does that actually mean? The founding fathers wrote, “The right of the people to be secure ...

The Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures, but what does that ...

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Suppose the police want to get illegal drugs off the streets of California. So they begin stopping pedestrians at gunpoint, shoving them against walls, frisking them, and searching their belongings.