<P> The Fourth Amendment ( Amendment IV ) to the United States Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures . It requires governmental searches and seizures to be conducted only upon issuance of a warrant , judicially sanctioned by probable cause , supported by oath or affirmation , particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized . It is part of the Bill of Rights and was adopted in response to the abuse of the writ of assistance , a type of general search warrant issued by the British government , and a major source of tension in pre-Revolutionary America . The Fourth Amendment was introduced in Congress in 1789 by James Madison , along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights , in response to Anti-Federalist objections to the new Constitution . Congress submitted the amendment to the states on September 28 , 1789 . By December 15 , 1791 , the necessary three - fourths of the states had ratified it . On March 1 , 1792 , Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson announced the adoption of the amendment . </P>
<P> The Fourth Amendment ( Amendment IV ) to the United States Constitution prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures . It requires governmental searches and seizures to be conducted only upon issuance of a warrant , judicially sanctioned by probable cause , supported by oath or affirmation , particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized . It is part of the Bill of Rights and was adopted in response to the abuse of the writ of assistance , a type of general search warrant issued by the British government , and a major source of tension in pre-Revolutionary America . The Fourth Amendment was introduced in Congress in 1789 by James Madison , along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights , in response to Anti-Federalist objections to the new Constitution . Congress submitted the amendment to the states on September 28 , 1789 . By December 15 , 1791 , the necessary three - fourths of the states had ratified it . On March 1 , 1792 , Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson announced the adoption of the amendment . </P>
when was the 4th amendment proposed and ratified
when was the 4th amendment proposed and ratified
1789 March 1 , 1792
1789 March 1 , 1792