Quotes About Court

The Court held that the exclusionary rule may be applied only if police intentionally or recklessly violate the Fourth Amendment or only if police department violations with regard to searches and seizures are systemic.

Instead, the Court's conservative majority that already wanted to limit the exclusionary rule issued a sweeping decision that evidence never has to be excluded if the police violate the Fourth Amendment in good faith or through negligence.

subsequent in-court identification by that witness also is inadmissible unless the government can demonstrate with clear and convincing evidence that the in-court identification was based on the observations of the accused independent of the prior lineup identification.

The Court explicitly rejected the argument that the government had to show that the consent to a search had to involve a person's "knowing" waiver of his or her rights.

But why not, especially since the usual test for a waiver of one's rights is whether it is knowing as well as voluntary? Justice Stewart, writing for the Court, said candidly that that would make it too hard for police to conduct searches. He said that two competing concerns had to be balanced: law enforcement's need to perform such searches and the desire to prevent coercion.

Stone v. Powell in 1976, the Court concluded that Fourth Amendment claims that had been raised and decided in state courts could not be heard in federal habeas corpus review.

marginally, if at all, by allowing exclusionary rule claims to be raised on habeas corpus.44 Moreover, the Court stressed the costs of the exclusionary rule in permitting guilty defendants to go free and in undermining respect for the criminal justice system.45

In Navarette v. California in 2014, the Court ruled that an anonymous tip that a person is driving erratically is a sufficient basis for a police stop.

Harris v. New York that a statement obtained without complying with Miranda could be used to impeach a criminal defendant who took the witness stand.

The Court said that since she was a "reliable" witness, the identification was admissible.16

I feel sorry for Sparta when you're queen. What are you going to do? Tell your husband and the rest of the court that they can wrap your beauty around them to keep warm and well all winter?

During the Court's first oral argument, Scalia asked so many questions that Powell turned to Thurgood Marshall, who sat beside him on the bench, and whispered, "Do you think he knows the rest of us are here?

Under the Obama administration, 80-90 percent of individuals making asylum claims with children were released after being processed and given a court date. Inevitably, they started living in the U.S. illegally for years to come. This is the policy the Trump administration is trying to change.

The media and press can be relentless, especially with women. Personally, while I take pride in my appearance and enjoy the compliments, when I'm on court, it is all about my game.

When it comes to revamping our bail laws, we can't rely on judicial discretion alone.

Police forces collect information to be used in a public court to get people convicted. Security services gather information that does not necessarily lead to people being prosecuted and in many cases needs to remain confidential.

I love making friends and make others happy. But I also love to be happy all the time. All that aggression that you see remains on the court only.

At the conclusion of my argument I received very high compliments from the Chief Justice and later from other of the Judges. What they said I do not care to repeat.

Hundreds of data-mining companies sell landlords tenant-screening reports that list past evictions and court filings.

When you file an amicus brief, and you represent a state, the court reads your brief. It is a powerful position to make the legal assault from.

Clients trust you to represent their interest in the highest court.

If you're in the business of law you're in the business of representation and precedent.

I did criminal defense work part-time, and that paid the bills for representing abused and neglected children... and for defending in juvenile court those kids the 'child protective system' had missed when it had the chance.

A generation of women has grown up thinking of reproductive freedom as a constitutional right, and the Court should not casually take away rights that it has determined the Constitution guarantees.