Ddk Case

Did the government go too far? The fourth amendment states that we, as citizens of the United States of America, have protection from unreasonable and warrantless searches, but, as we advance in society, technology is raising some constitutional arguments. In this case, someone with the initials of DLK was suspected of growing marijuana in his house. Agents used a thermal scanner to scan his house for the right amount of heat that is used to grow marijuana indoors. Turns out those suspicions were correct and the agents found 100 marijuana plants growing in his house and then the agents arrested DLK on account of growing illegal drugs in his house. The government overstepped in this case because they violated DLK’s Fourth Amendment rights and

DLK had no way of disposing all of the evidence without being suspicious about his actions because his house was not on hot pursuit, DLK was in his own house and not endangering public safety, he did not allow the agents to scan his home for the signs of heat used to grow marijuana, and he was not arrested in public therefore the agents had no probable cause to search his house without a warrant. In Document A it gives an example of a court case similar to DLK’s case, Carroll v. United States. In this dispute during the Prohibition Era, federal agents believed Carroll was selling alcohol. The agents spotted Carroll driving on a highway and chased him, when they pulled him over they searched his car, found the alcohol and arrested him. Carroll argued that this violated his Fourth Amendment rights but the Supreme Court ruled the search was lawful because this was considered hot pursuit and Carroll could easily drive away with all of the