Mazz Media
The Fourth Amendment: Rights of the Accused
Viewers will learn that the Fourth Amendment begins with the assumption that citizens have the right to live free from unreasonable interference from the government. Students will come to understand that the amendment provides parameters...
National Constitution Center
Fourth Amendment And Privacy
The Fourth Amendment protects from unreasonable search and seizures, but it is not all encompassing. The resource give academics a good overview of the rights protected in the Fourth Amendment and why it was important to protect those...
National Constitution Center
Classroom Discussion Starter: Search and Seizure
An administrator catches a student smoking in a school bathroom. After the vice principal searches her purse and finds marijuana, she is arrested and later found guilty of drug charges. Was the search legitimate? Scholars consider the...
Crash Course
Search and Seizure: Crash Course Government and Politics #27
Open up, we have a search warrant! The 27th installment of a 50-part US government and politics series investigates the concept of just how the police can search people's belongings. The short video clip explores how, why, and when the...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: The Elements of Democracy Part 77: Limits to Privacy
Governments do sometimes intrude on individual privacy, but are such actions constitutional in the United States?
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 11: Exclusionary Rule Extended
Discusses how the exclusionary rule was extended to criminal trials in state courts, and the controversy this caused.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: 4th and 5th Amendments Pt. 14: When Warrants Are Not Required
There are times when warrants are not required for a search, such as in a school.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Fourth Amendment of the u.s. Constitution
'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.' Jeffrey Rosen of the National Constitution Center in conversation with Walter Isaacson...
HipHughes History
Hip Hughes History: The Fourth Amendment Explained: Us Government Review
Explains the 4th Amendment to the Constitution which protects citizens from unreasonable search and seizure. [12:40]