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Heritage Analysis of Mapp v. Ohio

In a 6–3 opinion by Justice Clark, the Supreme Court extended the exclusionary rule to the states, finding that “all evidence obtained by searches and seizures in violation of the Constitution is, by [the Fourth Amendment], inadmissible in a state court.”

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Fourth Amendment Cases

Decision  Court Types of Activism
Mapp v. Ohio  Supreme Court  Playing Legislator, Abusing Precedent 
Weeks v. United States  Supreme Court  Playing Legislator 
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