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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
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legal authorization
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direct evidence of a
crime.
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read the person his or
her constitutional rights.
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a reasonable belief
that a crime has occurred.
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requested that a judge
be present.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
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.
