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Quotation from Mapp v. Ohio by Supreme Court of the United States
“Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence.”
Mapp v. Ohio, Opinion of the Court (Clark, J.), Part V (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Clark explains why judicial integrity forbids courts to use evidence that officers obtained by breaking the Constitution.
Citation: "Nothing can destroy a government more quickly than its failure to observe its own laws, or worse, its disregard of the charter of its own existence." — Supreme Court of the United States, Mapp v. Ohio, Opinion of the Court (Clark, J.), Part V (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id mapp-v-ohio-q2)
Portrait: Official portrait of Associate Justice Tom C. Clark, Supreme Court of the United States (cropped), Unknown photographer, Public domain.
