Stevens v. State

If letters and private documents can thus be seized and held and used in evidence against a citizen accused of an offense, the protection of the 4th Amendment, declaring his right to be secure against such searches and seizures, is of no value, and, so far as those thus placed are concerned, might as well be stricken from the Constitution.

— Weeks v. United States, 232 U.S. 383, 393 (1914).

Uncontrolled search and seizure is one of the first and most effective weapons in the arsenal of every arbitrary government.

— Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160, 180 (1949) (Jackson, J., dissenting).

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