DHS memo declares the Fourth Amendment optional

The question is whether the Fourth Amendment exists at all or only when federal agencies decide it protects them.

Protest against ICE following the murder of Renee Good by an ICE agent in Minneapolis in Lower Manhattan. (Christopher Penler/shutterstock.com)

A leaked memo from the Department of Homeland Security makes it clear that the agency sees the Constitution, at most, as an inconvenience. The memo authorizes armed and masked ICE agents to enter homes without ju…