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The 4th, the exclusionary rule, and why they really are the same thing.

As I posted earlier, it looks a lot like the Roberts Supreme Court is, basically, rolling back the 4th Amendment.  Muttrox posted a comment linking to an NYT article that goes into more detail, and points out a couple of cases that are currently begin decided based on the Herring decision.  For example:
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SCOTUS: Screw the 4th

At what point do we just say “To hell with the Constitution”?Court says evidence is valid despite police error – Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court said Wednesday that evidence obtained after illegal searches or arrests based on simple police mistakes may be used to prosecute criminal defendants.
In short, so long as the cops THINK [...]