Fourth Amendment

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The right of the people to be secure...against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause.

Bill of Rights

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Topic

Fourth Amendment Criminal justice system

Source

Bill of Rights Constitution of the United States

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1789 1780s 18th century

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Original Citation

United States Constitution. Amend. 4.

Current Citation

The Constitution of the United States. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence. Written by Delegates of The Constitutional Convention. Racehorse, 2016, amend. 4.

They conferred, as against the Government, the right to be let alone—the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

Louis Brandeis

Olmstead v. United States

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Topic

Right to privacy Fourth Amendment Bill of Rights Constitutional law

Author

Louis Brandeis

Source

Olmstead v. United States

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Dissenting opinion Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Brandeis, Louis. Dissenting Opinion. Olmstead v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 277, 4 June 1928, pp. 471-485. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/277/438/.

The government ought not to use evidence obtained and only obtainable, by a criminal act...for my part I think it a less evil that some criminals could escape than that, the Government should play an ignoble part.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Olmstead v. United States

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Fourth Amendment Constitutional law

Author

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Source

Olmstead v. United States

Medium

Supreme Court opinion Legal opinion

Genre

Legal writing

Language

English

Time

1928 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr. United States, Supreme Court. Olmstead v. United States. United States Reports, vol. 277, 4 June 1928, pp. 438-485. Justia, supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/277/438/.