The Fourth Amendment

Search Warrants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_warrant

Constitutional Connection

The fourth amendment is the bill of right that protects the people of the united states from being searched and sent sent through unnecessary procedures without reasoning. This law requires the authoritative figure to possess some type of search warrant or arrest warrant which is required to be appointed by a court judge. The only way that a judge is allowed to give out search warrants is if there is probable cause which needs to be determined by the judge themselves.

Analysis of the Connection

The fourth amendment, in my opinion is one of the greatest laws ever created because it determines whether or not the authoritative figure is doing his or her job. If it is late at night and your driving home safely, meaning that you have on a seat belt, you're not under the influence and your doing the speed limit, the cops have no reason to stop you. Now if that cop does stop you, you have the right to ask them what is the reason for which they are stopping you. If the cop finds something you shouldn't have in your vehicle and decides to take you in, your argument in court would be that the officer had no reason to stop you and for all you know the cop couldd just be trying to make their selves look good by pulling over a random person and planting things in their vehicles.

This picture show a team of police officers searching a house for evidence, but in order for them to search the  house they had to get a search warrant from the court judge. The picture then goes on to become humorous by saying the proof is in the pudding, literally showing the proof they were looking for in a bowl of pudding.