“The Fourth Amendment wasn't written for people with nothing to hide any more than the First Amendment was written for people with nothing to say.” The Fourth Amendment was written to ensure the privacy the U.S. citizens are entitled to. Without this amendment, the government would have too much power over people’s personal belongings and information. This protects the right to people’s privacy; and it prevents prevents unreasonable search and seizures. When this country first formed, the Constitution was made as something to follow throughout time, and this makes the Constitution the United States governing law. While there can be some benefits to this amendment, it can also prevent law enforcement from receiving evidence that is crucial to…show more content… With these changes have come opportunities for the government to monitor US citizens without their knowledge, hence giving the government too much power. In the Fourth Amendment it states, "...[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…” (Fourth Amendment: An Overview);with all of the new systems that are coming out, such as the FISA Amendment Act, law enforcement agencies are not following this. The government has allowed themselves to monitor people and their conversations, phone calls, text messages, and emails- all without consent. "There are enough federal agencies already engaged in the 'mining' of information about all of us. The last thing we need is a vast new system of domestic surveillance...” (Electronic Surveillance under Presidents Bush and Obama, 2013). Although there can be some benefits of these programs, many law abiding citizens are against the monitoring of their information against their knowledge when there is no suspicion for them to be observed. Despite President Bush saying that some of these programs may save lives, collecting information from unknowing people is completely against what the Fourth Amendment stands for. As a result of situations like this, it goes to show how people have the right to their privacy as stated in the Constitution, yet law enforcement is not doing what is needed to impose this law and protect the people's
