The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from conducting "unreasonable searches and seizures. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. An annotation about the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States. Illinois search and seizure law springs directly out of the federal constitution 4th Amendment. The Fourth Amendment (Federal Constitution). The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects individuals from unreasonable searches and seizures. In the text of the Fourth Amendment. Many sections of Illinois' Bill of Rights are based on provisions in the U.S. Constitution. The debates in the State ratification conventions of 1787 and.