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CHAPTER TWO
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: PART I
THE FOURTH AMENDMENT:
Understanding Police Power
Some Basic Legal Concepts
I
I. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
t’s 3 a.m. and the police barge into your home
with a search warrant. They’re at the wrong
address and your family is terrorized; what are
your rights? An officer approaches you on the
street and asks to pat you down for weapons;
what are your rights? The government listens
to your private telephone calls or looks through
your private documents; what are your rights? An
officer wants to search your vehicle during a traffic
stop; what are your rights? The answers to all
these questions are found in the jurisprudence of
the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
The court cases and legislation coming out of
this area are some of the fastest changing and
most hotly contested in the country right now.
Everything from when the government can take
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