Fourth Amendment Summaries
Why This Project
My original interest in this subject was personal. I wanted to know the basis or rational used by the Supreme Court in the dismantling of the Fourth Amendment. This is documented on many web sites and the case for the demise of the Fourth Amendment is compelling.
In visiting these websites and reading cases and other's opinions on the subject, I found the material, while plentiful, was not generally arranged in a manner that easily allowed a layperson to find the material they were looking for or that the site owner thought might interest them.
I wanted a simple description of the facts of a case with a clear and abbreviated summary of the United States Supreme Court's opinion. I was able to find this on quite a few sites but the cases weren't arranged in a way to facilitate a simple understanding. Instead, there seemed to be one case to a page with advertisements lining the pertinent information or, in the case of some of the more famous case law sites, one case to a page and a search button.
So, armed with a knowledge of how to display information on the web, I decided to create this site. There are no ads. Cases are arranged by decade and displayed chronologically by date of the decision. A basic case citation is provided for each case for those wishing to read the full opinions.
I'll continue to update the site as time permits. The subject is fascinating.
Acknowledgements
In researching the cases presented on this web site, I used the following sources as a tool for gaining a better understanding of the issues presented and as a source for the text of the decisions as rendered by the Supreme Court. I thank them all.