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treatment of colonists by the British. The British restricted trade and travel and this gave
way to smuggling. "British soldiers frequently conducted unrestricted house-to-house
searches. People were forced to keep their private records and other personal information
on their person or hidden in their home or business to avoid exposure and possible arrest"
(Berger, 102). The Fourth Amendment was part of the Constitution's Bill of Rights to
protect one's privacy and maintain search and seizure guarantees. The right to privacy
was described by Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis as "the right to be let
alone-the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men."
The Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the "right of the
people to be secure in their person, houses, papers and effects against unreasonable search
and seizure" except upon probable cause. Random drug testing threatens the Fourth
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