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The police has to have evidence, before they can search or seize anyone or anything. If there is a search or seizure that is not lawful then the evidence will not be used at court.

Learn when the government can invade your privacy to hunt for evidence of a crime. What your rights are when it comes to being searched with or without a warrant

A look at the public's view on search and seizure and what our laws protect us from. This article also compares the European approach and defines clearly the Fourth Amendment.

At the border, online, at the doctor's office, you're no longer protected from unreasonable search and seizures. For the protection of the rest of the country unwarranted searches are becoming a part of everyday life because no ones covered in the fine print.

This article relates to the Fourth Amendment; unreasonable search and seizure. The question is; does GPS and DNA violate our Fourth Amendment if utilized without our knowledge?

The FBI believes it can obtain the contents of emails without a warrant if the email was sent or received through a third-party service despite a federal appeals court's ruling that they are unconstitutional. It's not clear how often the FBI actually applies for full warrants in practice.

Lyle Denniston talks about how police today use any means of new technology to help solve crimes. The example used in this article is how the fourth amendment comes into play when searching for criminals using an individuals DNA.

Article discusses the Chinese government blocking web sites that it deems to be 'politically sensitive'. Web sites about the revolts against the government in other countries are blocked and have lead to more limits on internet searches. Other sites that are critical of government officials have also blocked and negative comments about them are deleted. The Chinese government now requires internet service providers to obtain their customers real names in an effort to cut internet anonymity.

Immigrants are not getting the justice they deserve due to the lack of legal documentation. US citizens take advantage of immigrants by not paying them for jobs or by stealing the illegal's property and threaten to call immigration if they say anything.

I like the article that you picked, I think immigration is a strong topic to do re-search on. I'm re-searching more for illegal immigration, a lot of people complain about the immigrants but once they leave no one wants to pick up their jobs for as little as the illegals worked for. I've learned that the Arizona economy took a hit for this, but also a lot more jobs became available for citizens.

Is the loss of civil liberties worth the convenience of technology?

Technology has and will always be a huge part of my life. Having grown up with a brother heavily into gaming, programming, and IT work I got to see first hand the in's and out's of how the web works. It all comes down to how you manage your own security. Of course, there will always be the paranoia of being monitored but that has been happening for a long time. It all comes down to being cautious with what you do alone and or over technologies.

This book captures the many facets of information gathering by digital dossiers. It reminded me of the recent unveiled programs called Tempora and Prism used by the United Kingdom and NSA. The extent of these programs capacity to siphon user data iset deeply guarded and not known in detail, however the dossiers gathered by our internet traffic on an individual basis should alarm users. I belive privacy is priceless, if I told my grandfather who passed in 2006 the extent we divulge our personal information on social media he would probably find it unbelievable. He was born in 1920 became an officer in the United States Air Force and served in WW2. The idea of privacy has changed with each generation. The way we perceive the handheld devices we all carry as young as the age of 5, may seem to our greatest generation who is currently exiting our society as a mere tracking device for big brother. This reading was very informative.

Article about the Fourth Amendments protections and the loss of those protections slowly through legislation.

This article follows three teens on the search for summer work. But as their search the near by employers in the are they are pushed away since most of the local companies are looking to hire bilingual employees.

Recruiters checking social media during the process of hiring people. Shows how recruiters prefer different views, such as volunteerism and charity. Even lists the top social sites being searched by recruiters.

This journal discusses the push for medical marijuana and how patients should be permitted access to marijuana. The many medical uses of marijuana are examined.

The experiment that is being conducted in this study is to essentially test the correlation of whether their is a positive outcome in achievements when school uniforms are placed into action. The outcome of the study actually concluded that there is a positive correlation between school uniforms and achievements.

Within this article, it explains how school uniforms violate the first amendment. The article also includes implications as to why uniforms are initially set in place.

Officials are ignoring the 4th amendment against unreasonable search and seizures in the act of DUI checkpoints. Most people over the age of 21 that are pulled over and blow a 0.07 or below think they're safe, but really the are not.

It asked some common questions regarding a persons privacy. The site also offers other freedom topics in the topics below the article.

Until recently, the phrase "anti-bullying" wasn't likely to appear under the radar in a search for "contemporary social justice issues." Only in the last several years has it gained initiative as a proactive movement, with related organizations slowly gaining momentum.

Have you ever had a question about wildlife, food safety, or air pollution laws? This is a good website to learn all there is to learn about laws and regulations. There is even a search tool for American laws that you can use. Become educated on topics and become "the great debater"