The list is very long: legal limits on the ability of an aggrieved citizen to sue; good faith exceptions; consent searches; inventory searches; emergency and exigency exceptions; and attenuation, as invoked in Strieff to save the unlawfully-acquired evidence.
In reversing the Illinois Supreme Court, the Brennan majority included Justice Byron White, who, in the past, had voted for a number of restrictions of the exclusionary rule, and, indeed, was the author of the majority opinion in United States v. Leon, which had established the good-faith exception.
In the contemporary U.S., even the first-mentioned of these FEO-promoting measures is controversial. is guilty of a criminal offense, except that there are exceptions for any statements that are true, good faith religious argument, good faith contributions to public debate on matters of public interest, and statements that call attention to hate-promoting conditions with a view to their removal.
In practice, the rule has significant exceptions, like for evidence obtained in good faith through reliance on an invalid search warrant or as the result of erroneous information from a court official.
Although it would appear to be logical that a buyer cannot become the full owner unless the seller had unrestricted ownership, the demands of commercial expediency have carved out important exceptions in favour of a purchaser in good faith.
An exception is sometimes stated to be if bills are not passed in good faith, though it is difficult to make an interpretation on what this circumstance might constitute.
The main exceptions to the disclosure prohibition are law enforcement and governmental entities that have a good faith belief that an emergency situation exists.
The only viable peace alternative is good faith negotiations, with the key issue remaining the same: Israel's willingness to withdraw from the occupied territories, with the exception of small land swaps as mutually agreed with the Palestinians.
GOOD FAITH, by Jane Smiley.
