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Supreme courts decision.

The supreme course decided 6-3 in favor of Mapp that her 4th amendment right of not illegal searches and seizures was infringed upon when the police unlawfully entered her home without a warrant, they said that the evidence could not be used in court. The Justices threw away her claim that  her first amendment rights were not violated. " . . . our holding that the exclusionary rule is an essential part of both the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments is not only the logical dictate of prior cases, but it also makes very good sense. There is no war between the Constitution and common sense."  —Justice Clark, speaking for the majority
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“Landmark Cases of the U.S. Supreme Court.”  Mapp v. Ohio | Www.streetlaw.org , landmarkcases.org/en/landmark/cases/mapp_v_ohio. “{{Meta.pageTitle}}.”  {{Meta.siteName}} , www.oyez.org/cases/1960/236. Duignan, Brian. “Mapp v. Ohio.”  Encyclopædia Britannica , Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 23 Mar. 2017, www.britannica.com/event/Mapp-v-Ohio.
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What was the violated Amendment?

Dollree Mapps 4th amendment right, no unreasonable searches and seizures, was broken when the police entered her property without a warrant, because they thought she was harboring a bombing suspect.
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Background of the case?

The case was held on June 19, 1961. Mapp was originally convicted of possessing obscene materials, she initially appealed to the supreme court to say that her first amendment right of freedom of speech was under attack by her prosecution.
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Who wrote the majority and dissenting opinion?

The majority decision was written by Justices Tom C. Clark, Earl Warren, William O. Douglas, Hugo Black, Potter Stewart and William Brennan. and the dissenting decision was written by Justices Felix Frankfurter, Charles E. Whittaker, and John Marshall Harlan.
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My opinion on the decision!

I personally think that their choice was correct. If any of our constitutional rights are infringed I believe it is not only our duty but moral obligation to make sure that it is fixed. The Constitution is what makes America great, it is our ground rules and without it America would have definitely fallen to tyranny just like England.
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