The Fourth Amendment prohibits the United States 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.The Fourth Amendment protects us from unreasonable search and seizures of our person, our house, our papers, and our effects. This means that law enforcement agents need probable cause, and a warrant in most cases, to search your person or belongings. Amendment Four to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. It protects the American people from unreasonable searches and seizures. ' There are in fact two main rights laid out in the Fourth Amendment. New York (1980)- the warrant exception for felonies not committed in the officer's presence does not extend to making the arrest in a person's home.