Chatrie v. United States · ¶35

The Fourth Amendment protects “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” The “basic purpose” of that Amendment, our precedents say, is “to safeguard the privacy and security of individuals against arbitrary invasions by governmental officials.” Carpenter v. United States, 585 U. S. 296, 303 (2018) (quoting Camara v. Municipal Court of City and County of San Francisco, 387 U. S. 523, 528 (1967)).

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