Summarize the Supreme Court’s rulings on the exclusionary rule since the Mapp case.
What will be an ideal response?
In recent decades, the Court has reduced the scope of the exclusionary rule by creating a good faith exception, requiring an attorney through only one round of appeals, and ruling that the police must intentionally violate the constitutional rule against illegal searches and seizures for evidence to be thrown out. However, this does not mean that the police can act in a cavalier and reckless fashion. If the attorney for a defendant presents a valid argument that evidence was obtained in an unconstitutional manner, the burden is on the government to show the error was not intentional.
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Paul Pillar argues that one of the most important principles of the legitimate gathering of intelligence is
a. establishing a clear link between intelligence gathering and the preferred policy of the president. b. linking the broad policy goals of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee with the gathering of intelligence. c. maintaining objectivity and avoiding advocating a policy. d. being critical of the president’s policy.
Which of the following statements is true of nonvoters in the United States?
A. They make up less than one-fourth of the American population. B. They are more affluent than voters. C. They are significantly younger than voters. D. They constitute only ineligible voters.
The limited role that the federal government had with the states was ended by?
a. Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” b. Harry Truman and the “Fair Deal” c. Franklin Roosevelt and his “New Deal” d. John Kennedy and his call for the “New Frontier”
In addition to regulating autonomously, state and local governments ______.
a. are not subject to partial preemption b. cannot administer federal programs c. can administer national regulatory programs d. are not subject to congressional authority