The Fourth Amendment

As the United States formed as a republic its need to form laws to protect its people became an evident need. Along with the powers to be at control of these laws, there were also limitations on what the government could and could not do to protect the people from the government as well. One of these controlling factors is the Fourth Amendment, which protects our citizens and visitors from an array of items. A few in particular would be; right to privacy, search, and seizure. The Fourth Amendment also sets the tone for how arrests are affected and how reasonableness is weighed on heavily.
The Fourth Amendment grants American citizens protection from illegal searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment is designed to protect the right to privacy
An arrest as defined to The Legal Dictionary is “to take or hold a suspected criminal with legal authority, as by a law enforcement officer. An arrest may be made legally based on a warrant issued by a court after receiving a sworn statement of probable cause to believe there has been a crime committed by this person, for an apparent crime committed in the presence of the arresting officer, or upon probable cause to believe a crime has been committed by that person.” Arrest defined by Utah State Code reads as follows:
77-7-2. Arrest by peace officers.
A peace officer may make an arrest under authority of a warrant or may, without warrant, arrest a person:
(1) (a) for any public offense committed or attempted in the presence of any peace officer; and
(b) as used in this Subsection (1), "presence" includes all of the physical senses or any device that enhances the acuity, sensitivity, or range of any physical sense, or records the observations of any of the physical
Border patrols have an exception to the search and seizure clause within the Fourth Amendment. Border patrols are still governed by rules and do not have free reign to do as they please. Border searches generally fall into one of two categories: routine or non-routine. A routine stop is usually conducted at the border and consists of limited intrusion. A non-routine stop is usually conducted on reasonable suspicion and will vary in techniques and intrusion. The provision allows the border patrols to interrogate any alien as to their right to remain in the United States; to arrest any alien attempting to enter the United States in violation to the law; to board and search for aliens within a reasonable distance from a border; and to make arrests (Border Search, 2014). The Fourth Amendment is a very important part of our society and covers a large spectrum of items to protect individual’s rights and govern how law enforcement can perform their duties. Without the Fourth Amendment we would find ourselves living in a very different place, a place where the law rules and individuals were subject to unfair search seizure and from this unlawful arrests and the right to privacy would be