General Trivia thread (the more obscure the better)

I looked it up. It’s a very interesting story.

 

I really love being able to give the kids this one. It really hooks them in

 

They all suffered from going off prematurely?

 

Who was President Truman's Vice President and what state was he from?

 

Alben Barkley of Kentucky. I think Happy Chandler took his Senate seat.

 

Awesome. Sometimes when I'm having trouble sleeping, I try to silently name the VPs from Harris backward. Usually cannot get past Garner under FDR.

 

You must be a hit at parties.

 

OK, time to pay this off.

So this is all from a Fourth Amendment case (Mapp v Ohio) that (without getting too deep into the weeds) forced states to follow the rules about warrants.

After a bombing at the home of Don King, police in Cleveland went to the home of Dollree Mapp on a tip. No warrant. Mapp said the police could not search her home, but they made up a fake warrant (or passed off something as a warrant) and searched the home. In the basement, the police found—among other things—a box of porn. Mapp was arrested for obscenity but SCOTUS said the search was illegal.

I teach this to students for obvious reasons and because it’s the case that incorporated the Fourth Amendment to the states beyond just applying to the feds. And something, something CRT

 

I simplify this to 4th Amendment, search and seizure, fruit of the forbidden tree, this way:
Mapp vs. Ohio.
You have to have a map to find the treasure.
No map, you have nothing to show for it.

 

Don't forget, Cleveland's wife was his daughter... adoptive daughter, but still.

 

I’ll need to remember that trick.