Assignment task: Read the article, How Have the Protections of the Fourth Amendment Been Interpreted, Applied, and Enforced.
Then, answer the following questions to the best of your ability.
Q1. What is a general warrant and what were some of the problems with the execution and use of general warrant?
Q2. What are the two parts of the 4th Amendment? What are the two clauses?
Q3. What are some of the exceptions to the warrant requirement
Q4. Who does the 4th Amendment protect from (ie. Companies? Other countries? The Government?)
Q5. When do police officers need to show probable cause?
Q6. How has the Supreme Court applied the Fourth Amendment to public school officials? How have they ruled with regard to drug testing in schools? Do you agree with these rulings?
Q7. Is the Fourth Amendment today being enforced in ways its text commands, and in ways the Founders would agree with?