Outside the Beltway: The Fourth Amendment Was Meant To Protect All Of Us, Not Just The “Innocent”

Outside the Beltway: The Fourth Amendment Was Meant To Protect All Of Us, Not Just The “Innocent” by Doug Mataconis:

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Right off the bat, I must note with all due respect that the assertion that the protections of the Fourth Amendment, or any of the other provisions of the Bill of Rights that can become an issue in a criminal case were only intended to protect the innocent simply does not comport with either the text of the Amendments themselves or the history behind it.