Social Sciences and History / Unit 7 SSH 0631 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Searches, Seizures, and the Exclusionary Rule
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The idea
The Fourth Amendment protects persons, homes and property from unreasonable searches and seizures. A search warrant, signed by a judge, rests on probable cause. The exclusionary rule, from Mapp v. Ohio, bars evidence from an illegal search at trial.
In practice
The Patriot Act broadening electronic monitoring.
Where people slip
The Second Amendment's individual right is the Court's reading since two thousand eight.
Your place on the trail
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