Question

Protections are guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to ensure that

Answer 1

…people are secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures. In practice the Fourth Amendment means law‑enforcement generally must have probable cause and obtain a judicial warrant describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized. (Limited exceptions exist — e.g., consent, exigent circumstances, search incident to arrest, plain view, and the automobile exception.)