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60-Second Civics: Episode 5130, The Problem with General Warrants: The Right to Privacy, Part 2 60-Second Civics Podcast

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General warrants allowed British officials to search people, businesses, homes, and property indiscriminately. British officials in the American colonies used such warrants to collect taxes, to recover stolen goods including -- enslaved people -- and to prosecute smugglers.



Center for Civic Education

General warrants allowed British officials to search people, businesses, homes, and property indiscriminately. British officials in the American colonies used such warrants to collect taxes, to recover stolen goods including -- enslaved people -- and to prosecute smugglers.



Center for Civic Education

1 min