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2 factual reasons on why the 4th amendement is important
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1) It protects individual privacy and property by prohibiting "unreasonable searches and seizures" and requiring probable cause and (generally) a judicially issued warrant before police can search private places. This prevents arbitrary government intrusions into homes, papers, and effects.
2) It limits government power and preserves fair courts by making evidence gathered in violation of the Fourth Amendment often inadmissible (the exclusionary rule), which both deters unlawful police practices and prevents courts from relying on illegally obtained proof (see Mapp v. Ohio, 1961, which applied the rule to the states).
2) It limits government power and preserves fair courts by making evidence gathered in violation of the Fourth Amendment often inadmissible (the exclusionary rule), which both deters unlawful police practices and prevents courts from relying on illegally obtained proof (see Mapp v. Ohio, 1961, which applied the rule to the states).
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