Amendments

Amendments

Amendments to the Constitution are almost as old as the Constitution itself. Learn more about the original “Amendments” (which we now call the Bill of Rights) as well as crucial later amendments that altered and extended the Constitution in new ways.

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5 of 8: What is the Exclusionary Rule? [No. 86]

What is the remedy when police violate your Fourth Amendment rights? In the landmark case of Mapp v. Ohio, the Supreme Court created an “exclusionary rule” that deems inadmissible any evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the ... What is the remedy when police violate your Fourth Amendment rights? In the landmark case of Mapp v. Ohio, the Supreme Court created an “exclusionary rule” that deems inadmissible any evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Fourth Amendment. Professor Paul Cassell explains the exclusionary rule and explores whether it’s time for the Supreme Court to reconsider it.

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Learn more about Paul Cassell:
https://faculty.utah.edu/u0031056-PAUL_G._CASSELL/hm/index.hml

Related links:

The Future of Miranda and the Exclusionary Rule
https://faculty.utah.edu/u0031056-PAUL_G._CASSELL/hm/index.hml

Tossing illegally obtained evidence only helps the guilty, former judge says
https://faculty.utah.edu/u0031056-PAUL_G._CASSELL/hm/index.hml

Differing views:

The Court after Scalia: The despicable and dispensable exclusionary rule
https://faculty.utah.edu/u0031056-PAUL_G._CASSELL/hm/index.hml

The Exclusionary Rule: Is It on Its Way Out? Should It Be?
https://faculty.utah.edu/u0031056-PAUL_G._CASSELL/hm/index.hml

The Due Process Exclusionary Rule
https://faculty.utah.edu/u0031056-PAUL_G._CASSELL/hm/index.hml

Justice Thomas versus the Exclusionary Rule and Federal Common Law in Collins v. Virginia
https://faculty.utah.edu/u0031056-PAUL_G._CASSELL/hm/index.hml