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“The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized”

Identify the text above in your notebooks.Rewrite in your own words.

Brown v. Texas

Brown v. Texas•Police officers stop two men in El Paso, Texas for “looking suspicious”

•Officers demand that the men identify themselves

•Men refuse and are arrested for failing to produce identification

Brown v. Texas•Supreme Court found men not guilty of a crime

•Men were illegally stopped by the police

•Police lacked reasonable suspicion

•Fourth Amendment was violated by officers

•Only the case was reviewed, not the law