The Department of Justice wants access to the telephone records of a major newspaper. The requirement for a search warrant (an order from a judge authorizing the search of the records) would be required under the <u>fourth amendment</u>.
The fourth amendment rights guarantees Americans the right to be secure in their homes and properties and protects them against unreasonable searches and seizures of properties by the police or any other government agency without probable cause or valid reasons. For a judge to issue a search warrant, there must be sufficient reason or probable clause else the affected individual can sue for a breach of his or her fourth amendment rights.
