Get ready to learn about how the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution applies to the right to privacy and to cell phones in schools.
The Fourth Amendment program is the latest chapter in Constitutional Conversations, an eight-month program exploring the U.S. Constitution.
The participants in this month’s program, set to run Thursday at the library, will be split between high-schoolers and adults.
The high school students will study how the amendment informs the search and seizure of cell phones at schools. The adult group will learn about the right to privacy. Both discussions are led by students from the College of William & Mary.
The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and requires warrants to be sanctioned by judges and supported by probable cause.
Attendees do not need to register in advance to participate. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the library.
Constitutional Conversations is sponsored by the Institute of Bill of Rights Law at the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at William & Mary, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation and the library. Visit its website for more information.
