The Fourth Amendment means that illegally acquired evidence "shall not be used at all" -- The influence of Felix Frankfurter -- The Warren Court on exclusion : Mapp v. Ohio, then retreat -- The Burger Court : uncoupling the exclusionary rule from the Constitution -- The Court rushing to limit application of the exclusionary rule "somewhere, anywhere -- " -- The good-faith exception -- Warren Burger's triumph -- The Rehnquist and Roberts Courts : making the exclusionary rule largely irrelevant
Summary
The application of the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule has divided the justices of the Supreme Court for nearly a century. This book traces the rise and fall of the exclusionary rule with insight and behind-the-scenes access into the Court's thinking
