What is a Search Warrant and What it is For?

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The United States Constitution, regarded as one of the most powerful constitutions in the world, has numerous provisions that seek to protect its citizens. Under the Fourth Amendment, the people are protected against all unreasonable searches by the government authority. It is upon the law to determine the extent to which a person is protected by the amendment (Priester, 2019). When the legitimacy of the government interests supersedes the intrusion of individual Fourth Amendment rights, a search by police officers is deemed reasonable. However, when the police officer has no sufficient legitimate cause to perform an unwarranted search, they are required by the law to obtain a search warrant. A search warrant is a legal document issued by the court of law t...