Word: good-faith
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...police "can only be characterized as thorough and professional. This is clearly not the kind of activity the exclusionary rule was meant to deter." Speaking against a legal rule that the President has called "absurd," U.S. Solicitor General Rex Lee added that the search was made in the "reasonable good-faith belief " that it was constitutional; second thoughts by an appeals court should not bar use of "highly relevant" evidence. James Reilley, the Gateses' attorney, countered by reciting a long list of state and federal court rulings on the exclusionary rule that seem to brook no major exceptions...
...most widely supported alternative is the good-faith exception now before the court. The proposal has already been adopted by at least two federal appeals courts and three states. If the Supreme Court approves such an exception, it could be limited to searches conducted with warrants that turn out to be invalid, as in the Gates case. The exception could also apply any time police were able to prove they had acted in good faith...
...watchers suspect that the exclusionary rule is in for a rough time. Sentiment on the court is thought to be narrowly divided, and the outcome could depend on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who succeeded Potter Stewart, an exclusionary-rule backer; O'Connor seemed to favor a good-faith exception at her 1981 Senate confirmation hearing. That change could produce a new majority, one that favors closing a loophole for criminals at the risk of opening a new one for police...
...what I've been saying have to be part of a compromise." Though White House aides found fault with the plan for its meager defense hikes and its politically explosive cuts in Social Security benefits, they were careful not to reject it outright. Domenici has made "a good-faith effort to come up with an alternative," said one presidential adviser. "We'll take a look...
...Reagan Administration of action on the murders before releasing $26 million in military assistance and $40 million in economic aid to El Salvador in 1982. As part of the same assurance process, President Reagan last month certified that the Duarte government had made a "concerted, significant and good-faith effort to deal with the complex political, social and human rights problems it is confronting...