The Fourth Amendment protects individuals against unreasonable searches of their property and persons. It also prevents law enforcement from making unlawful arrests/seizures. It requires that all searches be reasonable.

This forum asks you to examine the requirements for a search warrant and the exceptions to needing a warrant.

Please thoroughly discuss each of the following:

1. Discuss when a search warrant is needed by law enforcement.

2. Discus what law enforcement must demonstrate to a judge to have a search warrant issue.

3. Discuss the various exceptions to the search warrant requirement.

Please include examples of each in your response.