Political parties as they are organized today can easily dispense with this right by spending large sums of money on a candidate of their choice. In recent years this right has been continuously threatened. We could well be headed for the time when only criminals have guns illegally and the public is barred from having guns legally. The fourth Article guards our privacy against illegal search and seizure. Common law affords us the right to privacy.
Most states now recognize individual right to privacy.
Probably the right to privacy has come under attack more than any other right within recent years through bugging, tapping phones, surveillance, computer search, judicial depositions and other deceptive practices. This has come under attack in recent years along with the right to privacy and continues to be a battle. The state is one of the greatest threats against enjoyment of property today. Crime is another big threat. There is a property crime in America every 3 seconds.