This is the 10th part in an ongoing series on seminal cases in American law. Sometimes, law can be downright colorful. Perhaps never more so than in the seminal case of Mapp versus Ohio and the “fruit ...

Anyone who has ever watched a TV show about police and the courts knows the rule: Illegally obtained evidence is not admissible in a trial. We expect it. We consider it a constitutional right. But ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Professors Carolyn Long and Renee Hutchins talked about the history of the 4th amendment, why it was included in the Bill of Rights, and its role in ...