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6/19/2006

Kerr’s Challenge for Those Who Say the Knock-and-Announce Case Defied “Originalism”

Filed under: Crime,General — Patterico @ 12:32 pm



Orin Kerr has a challenge for those who say the knock-and-announce decision was not originalist, or somehow a departure from precedent:

What is the first known case of any court in any country suppressing evidence for failure to comply with the knock-and-announce rule?

Here’s a related point: the exclusionary rule itself is not an originalist concept.

One Response to “Kerr’s Challenge for Those Who Say the Knock-and-Announce Case Defied “Originalism””

  1. Um, shouldn’t the “related point” be the main point?

    Crank (5f5694)


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