Arguments Against The 4th Amendment

An influential government philosopher John Locke once stated, “Government has no other end , but the preservation of property.” The 4th amendment has an important part of protecting essential values. 4th amendment allows people to be secured in persons, houses, ext.Unless an issued search warrant ,probable cause or reasonable suspicion. For instance a precedent is Katz v Ohio this shows that the government can go too far with their search and seizure procedure.Today there are many cases in which the government is not using a search warrant when they are searching someone. Another reason is the writs of assistance case which established that the government does not take into consideration the 4th amendment for years the colonies got their ships searched and they were ran over by the government until the 4th amendment became a bill of right. How they established this case is they searched a ship for smuggled goods. I think that this is too far because they shouldn't be able to …show more content…
The first reason is the Revolutionary War, this was a disagreement between Great Britain and the American colonies. The king himself had created a swamp of new buildings and offices. Hitler swamped and took them out. This is showing the colonies were in need of general searches. The British officers were just trying to received taxed goods. The next reason is Carroll v United States 1925. The United States supreme court was doing warrantless searches through automobiles. This is taking it too far, the US supreme court should not be able to go through somebody's vehicle without a warrant. There is no reasonable suspicion, this is just too far. Allowing Farook's Iphone to be unlocked allowed him to set up a terror attack. He was able to send drivers to locations and set up an attack. Apple took it too far and a chance of unlocking his Iphone to do