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There's more than one bit of flow chart here.

Things can change in a way that's covered by the Constitution. Say, technology that makes Fourth Amendment violations easier to do; still potentially covered!

Things can change in a way that's not covered by the Constitution. Now you need an amendment.

The Fourth Amendment is quite broad and can thus handle all sorts of change.

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