The Exclusionary Rule does not appear in the Constitution; it is a judge-made rule aimed at safeguarding Fourth Amendment rights by deterring police misconduct. It is well established that the ...

Pretty innocuous. Crucially, though, the initial stop was unconstitutional. According to the exclusionary rule, a legal doctrine gradually assimilated into the Constitution through years of Fourth ...

The good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule means evidence derived from the warrant is admissible.