The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. You know, it's the government's burden to prove their guilt or their culpability.You know, it's the government's burden to prove their guilt or their culpability. Mailed matter left open had no physical security and thus no constitutional security. Fourth Amendment and its larger constitutional context. Recent decisions of the Supreme Court have given a very wide meaning to clauses (1) and (2) of article 31. The 4th Amendment, fundamentally, is concerned with privacy. The Constitution and 4th Amendment protects many types of unreasonable searches and seizures, however, it does not protect against things left out on the open. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from conducting unreasonable searches and seizures. Title - An initiated Amendment Establishing a Right to Abortion in the State Constitution.