The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against unreasonable searches and seizures. No search of a person's home or personal effects may be conducted without a written search warrant issued on probable cause. This means that a neutral judge must approve the factual basis justifying a search before it can be conducted.
This paragraph best supports the statement that the police cannot search a person's home or private papers unless they have
A. legal authorization.
B. direct evidence of a crime.
C. read the person his or her constitutional rights.
D. a reasonable belief that a crime has occurred.
E. requested that a judge be present.
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
The second and third sentence combine to give support to choice a. The statement stresses that there must be a judge's approval (i.e., legal authorization) before a search can be conducted. Choices b and d are wrong because it is not enough for the police to have direct evidence or a reasonable belief—a judge must authorize the search for it to be legal. Choices c and e are not mentioned in the passage.A. Shakespeare's characters are more interesting than fictional characters today.
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B. more people buy houses in the month of February than in any other month.
C. during the winter months, the prices of single-family homes are the lowest.
D. there were about 4 million homes for sale during the month of February.
E. warm winter weather is likely to affect the rate of home sales.
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C. have an interest in making history.
D. tend to work in jobs that require risk-taking behavior.
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B. a membership in a health club is a poor investment.
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D. fitness walking is a convenient and valuable form of exercise.
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