BILL OF RIGHTS

AMENDMENT 4 - SECURITY FROM UNWARRANTED SEARCH AND SEIZURE

Short Summary

Security from unwarranted search and seizure

Actual text

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.

A Sample of Recent and Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases on the Fifth Amendment

J.D.B. v. North Carolina

Safford Unified School District v. Redding (2009)

Vernonia School Dist. v. Acton (1995)

New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)