Warshak pushed back on the grounds that the search violated his Fourth Amendment rights.
Congressional leaders had demanded their return, saying the search violated constitutional doctrines, including the separation of powers, and historical practice.
There is no dispute that the search violated the knock-and-announce rule.
Whether the officer's search of the defendant violated the Fourth Amendment?
Riley successfully argued before the trial court that the aerial search violated his reasonable expectation of privacy.
Evidence can only be suppressed if the illegal search violated the person's own (the person making the court motion) constitutional rights.
She claims the search was illegal and excessive, and violated her constitutional rights.
The justices agreed with a lower court judge who said the searches violated both the Federal and state constitutions.
The court ruled 6-2 that a warrantless search and seizure of a man's trash did not violate his constitutional rights.
The Butts case was dismissed by a judge who said the search had violated his rights.