The People of this State have the sole and exclusive right of regulating the internal government and police thereof, as a free, sovereign and independent State. History and Scope of the Amendment. History.The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. Some state courts have begun to construe state constitutional provisions as providing greater protections than the U.S. Constitution. The Fourth Amendment protects you from unreasonable searches and seizures. Maryland law helps to set out the specific conditions that must be met for a search. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from conducting "unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment protects the right to be secure from government's unchecked power to search and seize. An annotation about the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States.