exclusionary rule
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of exclusionary rule
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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In a concurring opinion in Collins, Justice Thomas took direct aim at the exclusionary rule:
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2023
In 2009, four years after Rehnquist died, the court did not overturn the exclusionary rule but came close.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2018
Under the exclusionary rule, illegally obtained evidence cannot be used at trial.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2017
The exclusionary rule was finally extended to the States in Mapp v.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
The Court has intimated recently that the federal exclusionary rule is not a command of the Fourth Amendment, but merely a judicially created rule of evidence which Congress could overrule.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel
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