The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. Fortunately, the Supreme Court has long.B. English Legal Treatises' Condemnation of General Warrants. Crime is out of control in California Kamala Harris. Maybe you should get on the same page as this state and start enforcing our states laws. For fifty years, courts have used a "reasonable expectation of privacy" standard to define "searches" under the Fourth Amendment. A police officer searched an impounded car held as evidence of a robbery. " Under current doctrine, a police officer may swear the oath to obtain a. It's hard to reconcile Vice President Kamala Harris's friendly overtures to gun owners with the footage that recently emerged of a 2007 press conference. The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures.