Constitutional Controversy: The Fourth Amendment

The Fourth Amendment is the most prolific source of constitutional litigation in American history, particularly with application to the states after its incorporation through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. All the arrest that are made has to do with the fourth amendment, so that is something that has a big part in the arrests being made. Every search or seizures that are made by teachers, probation officers, police, airport security, or even a crossing guard are dealing with the fourth amendment. The Fourth Amendment is the constitutional sentry whenever someone's privacy is diminished by a governmental search or seizure. This protects them unless there is a reasonable suspicion or if there is a warrant. The Court declares,