Amendment Four to the Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791. It protects the American people from unreasonable searches and seizures.The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution offers this protection. The Fourth Amendment restrains the government, and that includes any government employee, not merely Police Officers. Fill out your jury qualification questionnaire or summons online through the court's eJuror system. We do no more than recognize that such accommodation can take place without running afoul of the Fourth Amendment. NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. In some States, existing procedures may satisfy the requirement of the Fourth Amendment. Gerstein, 420 U.S. at 120, 95 S.Ct. at 866. Rooting reading instruction in the science of reading.