John Marshall Harlan II

John Marshall Harlan II

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Portrait of John Marshall Harlan II John Marshall Harlan II Ker v. California — Concurrence

And if the Court is prepared to relax Fourth Amendment standards in order to avoid unduly fettering the States, this would be in derogation of law enforcement standards in the federal system unless the Fourth Amendment is to mean one thing for the States and something else for the Federal Government.
I can see no good coming from this constitutional adventure. In judging state searches and seizures I would continue to adhere to established Fourteenth Amendment concepts of fundamental fairness.
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