The Amendment That Gives Us Protection
The constitution of the United States was written in 1789 and it consists of 27 amendments. One of the amendments is the fourth. The fourth amendment states that the people have a right to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures and shall not be violated without a warrant issued upon probable cause.
The fourth amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures by the government and requires that search warrants need to be reviewed by the judge and a reason. There were many different ideas and changes to decide what the congress wanted the fourth amendment to be. The fourth amendment was created to keep the people safe in their houses and
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Once information enters the online data bases, it is impossible to erase. The data can be used in court to draw incorrect conclusions and put someone in prison for good. The U.S. government does keep tabs on its citizens. John Simpson, a privacy project director says, “I don’t really want to live in a total surveillance state where big brother knows everything I do and has all that information at its fingertips.”
Edward Snowden released this information out of concern because he thought it was dangerous. The government debated about Snowden being considered a traitor or patriot of the country. The definition of a traitor is a person who is guilty of treason or treachery in betraying friends, country, family, etc. Definition of Treason is the crime of betraying one's country, by attempting to kill, sovereign, overthrow the government, or giving aid and/or comfort to the enemies government. Snowden was not giving aid or comfort to America’s enemies, unless the citizens of America are considered the enemy to the