Constitutional Law-The U.S. Constitution is a Compact
The U.S. Constitution is a compact, or an agreement of the people of this land. It sets forth certain basic rights of the people that cannot be taken away and defines the powers of the governmental authority. The U.S. Constitution truly is the foundation of our entire legal system. Some people would say that the rights we enjoy in this country are natural rights, and that the Constitution is simply a clarification of those rights and a limitation on the power of the government to infringe on those rights. Others say that the Constitution itself is the actual source of the rights. But that theoretical argument is probably of little significance to the reader. What is important to remember about the Constitution is that it does set forth the essential composition of our government and how it can interact with us as citizens.
Try a quick test of your knowledge of constitutional law at this point. Suppose your next door neighbor breaks into your home looking for something that he thinks you may have stolen from him. The neighbor conducts a thorough and obviously unreasonable search of your premises without a warrant. Is that a constitutional violation?
Try a quick test of your knowledge of constitutional law at this point. Suppose your next door neighbor breaks into your home looking for something that he thinks you may have stolen from him. The neighbor conducts a thorough and obviously unreasonable search of your premises without a warrant. Is that a constitutional violation?
