Political Quotes

“I rise in support of H.R. 666. First of all, I have to point out... the exclusionary rule was first, I believe, announced in Federal court in Federal cases in 1914. It was not applied to the States, at least not through Federal doctrine, until all the way to 1961. However, I want to say that I do support the broad purpose of the exclusionary rule. I think, as the Supreme Court said in Mapp versus Ohio... the exclusionary rule was a necessary device to encourage police officers not to flagrantly disregard the Constitution of the United States... I think the exclusionary rule... is still an important device in terms of protecting constitutional rights. If there were a bill that proposed to totally eliminate the exclusionary rule completely, I would not support it. However, that is not what it does.”