[Rule of Law]

I am not so far removed from con law that I have entirely forgotten the history of the exclusionary rule - you omitted Wolf v Colorado from your discussion ;)

As it is late, I won't answer you tonight, except to point out that Wolf did not apply the exclusionary rule to the states. It said that the 4th Amendment applied to the states through the 14th, but did not apply the exclusionary rule. That's why I left it out. We'll call it "Judicial Economy".

Until tomorrow.

[general_re]

As it is late, I won't answer you tonight, except to point out that Wolf did not apply the exclusionary rule to the states. It said that the 4th Amendment applied to the states through the 14th, but did not apply the exclusionary rule. That's why I left it out.

You are correct, although I would have included it in a discussion of the Fourth Amendment. A stylistic difference, perhaps ;)