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A SYNOPOSIS OF PROBABLE CAUSEA Synopsis of Probable Cause Probable cause a term not clearly defined yet often applied. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, sh

A Synopsis of Probable Cause



















Probable cause a term not clearly defined yet often applied.



The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. (footnote number one) U.S. Constitutuion

The language of the provision which became the Fourth Amendment underwent some modest changes on its passage through the Congress, and it is possible that the changes reflected more than a modest significance in the interpretation of the relationship of the two clauses. Madison's introduced version provided ''The rights to be secured in their persons, their houses, their papers, and their other property, from all unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated by ...

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