The change from viewing the Fourth Amendment as law that protected property to a view that the law protected persons was prompted by cases that concerned _____.

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The change in view from the Fourth Amendment as protecting property to protecting persons was prompted by cases concerning electronic surveillance, particularly in Katz v. United States (1967), where the Supreme Court held that the Fourth Amendment protected an individual's reasonable expectation of privacy, rather than just their physical property. This led to a broader interpretation of the Fourth Amendment, which now protects not only an individual's physical premises but also their electronic communications and other forms of information.

The Change from Viewing the Fourth Amendment as Law That