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There is a very famous man named Thomas Moore upon whom the Roman Catholic church conferred sainthood. There was an incident in his life during a heated conversation with his son in law, William Roper (a very good lawyer in his own right). Playwright Robert Bolt immortalized the incident in his play A Man for All Seasons:

Roper: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law!
More: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil?
Roper: I'd cut down every law in England to do that!
More: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you — where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast — man's laws, not God's — and if you cut them down — and you're just the man to do it — d'you really think you could stand upright in the winds that would blow then? Yes, I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.

Moore, known to Roman Catholics as Saint Thomas Moore, knew the balance that must be maintained between civil law and God's law. The fourth amendment is to assure us that we are safe in our papers:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.