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  • James Madison Jr. (1751–1836), the fourth president of the United States, is known as the “Father of the Bill of Rights.” In this role, he was largely responsible for the first iteration of the Fourth Amendment. [Source: Encyclopedia of the Fourth Amendment; Madison, James, Jr.]

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