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The Fourth Amendment

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The Fourth Amendment forbids unreasonable searches and seizures and sets a warrant requirement backed by probable cause.

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Police generally need a judge's warrant to search a home.

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Court-defined exceptions exist — the warrant rule is the baseline, not the whole doctrine.

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