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Origins of the Fourth Amendment
Leonard W. Levy discusses English and American history to determine the sources and development of the U.S. Constitution's Fourth Amendment barring unreasonable searches and seizures. He concludes that general warrants and warrantless searches were the norm until the American Revolution, when specific warrants began to emerge, especially in Massachusetts.
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