States Supreme Court decision in mapp v. Ohio is the heart of tonights program. That decision, as you probably also know changed the way courts in this country exclude evidence or consider evidence obtained in violation of our Fourth Amendment rights. Before the decision in mapp, the remedy of excluding evidence was unpredictable at best. If a Police Officer enters or searches our home, our car, our purse, our cell phone, we expect that the judge will prohibit that evidence from being used in a prosecution against us. Motions to suppress evidence are now expected. Theyre common. Defense lawyers in the oj simpson murder trial moved to exclude both blood and hair evidence from the trial of that case. Counsel for ted kaczynski, better known as the unabomber moved to exclude evidence of an unexploded bomb, a journal in which mr. Kaczynski admitted almost 16 of his bombings, and even his manifesto, all found within a remote montana cabin. In both of those notorious cases, the motions to sup
Petitioner versus arizona. We hear arguments number 18 roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who have helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans landmark cases where weve been learning more about the cases of the Supreme Court that affected the court and the country. Tonight, 1961 case of mapp v. Ohio. An ohio woman refused to let the Police Search her house without a warrant. All this evolved into a case that was one of a series in the warren court that changed policing in america. We welcome you with us this program and hope youve been with us throughout the series as weve been learning so much about the Supreme Court. Let me introduce you to our two guests. I should tell you before i do weve actually been en
States Supreme Court decision in mapp v. Ohio is the heart of tonights program. That decision, as you probably also know changed the way courts in this country exclude evidence or consider evidence obtained in violation of our Fourth Amendment rights. Before the decision in mapp, the remedy of excluding evidence was unpredictable at best. If a Police Officer enters or searches our home, our car, our purse, our cell phone, we expect that the judge will prohibit that evidence from being used in a prosecution against us. Motions to suppress evidence are now expected. Theyre common. Defense lawyers in the oj simpson murder trial moved to exclude both blood and hair evidence from the trial of that case. Counsel for ted kaczynski, better known as the unabomber moved to exclude evidence of an unexploded bomb, a journal in which mr. Kaczynski admitted almost 16 of his bombings, and even his manifesto, all found within a remote montana cabin. In both of those notorious cases, the motions to sup
Petitioner versus arizona. We hear arguments number 18 roe against wade. Quite often in many of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were quite unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate very dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who have helped stick together because they believe in a rule of law. Good evening and welcome to cspans landmark cases where weve been learning more about the cases of the Supreme Court that affected the court and the country. Tonight, 1961 case of mapp v. Ohio. An ohio woman refused to let the Police Search her house without a warrant. All this evolved into a case that was one of a series in the warren court that changed policing in america. We welcome you with us this program and hope youve been with us throughout the series as weve been learning so much about the Supreme Court. Let me introduce you to our two guests. I should tell you before i do weve actually been en
States Supreme Court decision in mapp v. Ohio is the heart of tonights program. That decision, as you probably also know changed the way courts in this country exclude evidence or consider evidence obtained in violation of our Fourth Amendment rights. Before the decision in mapp, the remedy of excluding evidence was unpredictable at best. If a Police Officer enters or searches our home, our car, our purse, our cell phone, we expect that the judge will prohibit that evidence from being used in a prosecution against us. Motions to suppress evidence are now expected. Theyre common. Defense lawyers in the oj simpson murder trial moved to exclude both blood and hair evidence from the trial of that case. Counsel for ted kaczynski, better known as the unabomber moved to exclude evidence of an unexploded bomb, a journal in which mr. Kaczynski admitted almost 16 of his bombings, and even his manifesto, all found within a remote montana cabin. In both of those notorious cases, the motions to sup