Which two terms complete the statement: No unreasonable _______ or ______ of persons, houses, or personal property?

Which two terms complete the statement: No unreasonable _______ or ______ of persons, houses, or personal property?

• A. Searches and Seizures
• B. Searches and Arrests
• C. Seizures and Warrants
• D. Arrests and Warrants

Answer: (A)

This is about the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable government intrusions. The statement is completed with the terms that describe those intrusions: searches and seizures. The Constitution bars unreasonable searches and seizures of people, homes, and personal property, so the two actions being protected are exactly these: when officers look for or inspect something (searches) and when they take or confiscate (seizures). Arrests and warrants aren’t the pair used in this exact phrasing. Arrests are a kind of seizure of a person, but the standard wording groups the protections under “searches and seizures,” and a warrant is a tool or condition related to how searches or seizures may be conducted, not the action described in the phrase.

This is about the Fourth Amendment’s protection against unreasonable government intrusions. The statement is completed with the terms that describe those intrusions: searches and seizures. The Constitution bars unreasonable searches and seizures of people, homes, and personal property, so the two actions being protected are exactly these: when officers look for or inspect something (searches) and when they take or confiscate (seizures).

Arrests and warrants aren’t the pair used in this exact phrasing. Arrests are a kind of seizure of a person, but the standard wording groups the protections under “searches and seizures,” and a warrant is a tool or condition related to how searches or seizures may be conducted, not the action described in the phrase.