The 4th Amendment and the personal rights it secures have a long history. At the very core stands the right of a man to retreat into his own home and there be free from unreasonable governmental intrusion.

At the age of 39 in 1954 he was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In Chimel v. Vitale (1962) Abington School District v.

Potter Stewart (January 23 1915 – December 7 1985) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.