Has the progeny of 'probable-cause' and the innovations of 'exceptions' to the Fourth-Amendment concerning the justification to advance in a warrantless-search-and-seizure circumstance been diminished to a lesser standard than what the Amendment intended?

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Has the progeny of ‘probable cause' and the innovations of ‘exceptions’ to the Fourth Amendment concerning the justification to advance in a warrantless search and _ seizure circumstance been diminished to a lesser standard than what the Amendment intended? 2. Does the defendant have (a) the expectation of review of the appeal as it challenges the procurement of judgment by the District Court when the higher court does not address the merits because they have found their own judgment based on a separate standard of review, and (b) if they do maintain such right, then by what \ means does the Petitioner have for review of the judgment in the first?