Bill Of Rights Vs Individual Rights

The Bill of Rights was created as a result of not being able to directly address individual rights in the U.S Constitution; Supporters of this document realized that the Bill of Rights was a better alternative rather than creating an additional Constitution. In the U.S. Constitution, established on September 17, 1789 by the delegates in the Constitutional Convention, stated a set of laws and restrictions the government follows to secure citizens their basic rights. The purpose of the Bill of Rights was to draft citizens their individual rights that weren't listed on the U.S Constitution, as well as the boundaries between the state and federal government and the people. Composing this document included bits of the Magna Carta and the English
Thomas Jefferson, American founder, responded, “ This I hope will be the age of experiments in government and that their basis will be founded in principles of honesty, not of mere force”(Rutherford). This was only the beginning of the Fourth Amendment. The purpose of this proposal was to limit the power the British had over the American colonists. With this proposal the British soldiers now had to have a specified warrant and had to follow certain procedures before entering one’s home. Instead of random searches there now had to be a probable cause to enter and search the colonists homes, not only a probable cause but a judge approval for the
Side A The United States of America is put in a position where violating Americans privacy is the most convenient way of protecting many other American lives. This exposes the public's privacy and the public would be put in a risk where their privacy is open to anyone. Millions of people will be vulnerable if the Apple company decides to create a new version to help hack into the terrorists phone. Customers would have to worry about a backdoor to their own personal information. It contravenes constitutional human rights which contradicts the purpose of the Fourth Amendment. The Apple company ensures their customers of safety from any form of invasion. The public has a right to keep anyone from having access to their privacy. In the article, “The fourth Amendment and New Technologies”, Paul Larkin discusses the complications of the Fourth Amendment due to technology because it is most often used in proving cases. Because technology is a huge factor in this situation, it undermines the Fourth Amendment, “That is, the court could decide that the government may use sophisticated electronic information acquisition and analysis technology in order to protect the nation against terrorist threats, but may not use that information in an ordinary criminal prosecution unrelated to the need that justified the original search or seizure. The court will have to sort out competing constitutional values involving both law enforcement, military, and foreign intelligence needs and the privacy