Under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, when assessing whether a governmental action has infringed on an individual's rights, the court:
A) will always grant the government the ability to do whatever it deems necessary.
B) must balance the governmental need against the rights of the individual.
C) will always rule in favor of individual rights over that of the government.
D) must balance both, but ultimately grant the government the ability to do whatever it deems necessary.

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The safeguards of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are designed to protect individuals from arbitrary and unreasonable governmental intrusion on their right to privacy. In determining whether a governmental action has unconstitutionally infringed on an individual's right, the court must balance the governmental need to do the action against the intrusion on the individual's rights.