Byline: Jonathan Alter I hate to sound melodramatic about it, but while everyone was at the beach or "The Simpsons Movie" on the first weekend in August, the U.S. government shredded the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, the one requiring court-approved "probable...

* You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'. In 1965, those words, from the song "Eve of Destruction," struck a chord in the minds of many Americans. Thousands of young men, many between the ages of 18 and 20,...

The Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth amendments to the U.S. Constitution were created using a valuable perspective on individual rights during the late eighteenth century. While the guidelines our forefathers used at that time should still apply today, the language should be updated to make the founders' words and concepts clearer and easier for modern society to understand. In addition, contemporary needs and technological advances necessitate that these amendments be updated and enhanced.