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Amendment IV

Searches and Seizures

The 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."
In plain language
Editor-written · not AI

The Fourth Amendment protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government and sets conditions for warrants. Many modern questions — digital data, location tracking, device searches, and government purchases of commercial data — ask how this 18th-century protection applies to today's technology. Several current bills and actions in this app touch those questions.

Connected current activity

Bills and actions tagged to this protection. Tags are applied only when the connection is clearly supportable.