This is the text and fully annotated phrasing of the amendment.

A collection of information and links on legal issues related to education. Topics include search and seizure at school, free speech, student discipline and due process, student safety, zero tolerance policies, and harassment.

This resource provides information on the reference to Rochin v California, that is found in the annotations page to the 4th Amendment. Specifically, focusing on the section covering "Property subject to seizure".

This resource offers a discussion of the Fourth Amendment, and what has become known as the Exclusionary Rule. Provided on the bottom of the page are footnotes which can be reached by clicking on the links throughout the body of the text.

As the debate over domestic surveillance heats up in the Bush administration between the President and Congress, NPR provides a timeline of the history behind electronic surveillance laws.

The chapters of this unit on criminal law and juvenile justice are as follows: "Crime in America," "Introduction to Criminal Law," "Crimes Against the Person," "Crimes Against Property," "Defenses," and "The Criminal Justice Process: The...

An electronic version of the original English Bill of Rights, written in 1689, which influenced the writings of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, and laid the basis for American Democracy and common law.

An examination of Internet privacy laws: Search and Seizure, Unsolicited Email, Defamation, Secrecy, and more.

Katz v. United States altered the meaning of the 4th Amendment, the right to search and seizure, appealing his case in 1967 regarding the investigator's use of electronic surveillance. Oyez features the facts and recordings from the...

This resource not only provides a text of the amendment, but also extensive annotations to words and phrasing.

For elementary students, an easy to understand illustrated explanation of the Bill of Rights is offered.

Official home of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Learn about American news, what's going on with the Supreme Court and new legislation, and more at this online interest group.