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 against unreasonable searches and seizures and requires reasonable suspicion to justify the stop.There shall be no imprisonment for debt in this State, except in cases of fraud. Sec. 29. Treason against the State. The 4th Amendment protects curtilage searches. North Carolina states that police do not have automatic right to enter curtilage for search. The Fourth Amendment prohibits the United States government from conducting "unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects all citizens from "unreasonable searches and seizures. North Carolina, 391 U.S. 543 (1968). The Fourth Amendment protects individuals "against unreasonable searches and seizures," U.S. Const. amend.