Introduction to the Fourth Amendment

Introduction to the Fourth Amendment

Introduce yourself to the Fourth Amendment with this overview of the amendment's structure, operation, and general framework, as well as the eseential requirement for the amendment to apply: government action.

Transcript

Welcome to Introduction to the Fourth Amendment and the Need for Government Action!

In the first part of this clip, we’ll give you a bird’s-eye introduction to the structure and operation of the Fourth Amendment, in order to provide you with a general framework for understanding the specific issues that we’ll confront in later clips.  In the second part of this clip, we’ll cover one key requirement that must be met in order for the Fourth Amendment (or almost any other Constitutional...