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 1. Under what circumstances should undercover operations by national, state or local police agencies be engaged in? Should special safeguards be created to protect the public interest and the rights of citizens from abuse by police agencies involved in undercover operations? Who, that is, what branch of government or government agency should be empowered to decide if specific undercover operations are to be engaged in?

  2. Should the exclusionary rule, in its present form, be strengthened or weakened? Under what circumstances, if any, is a good faith exception to the exclusionary rule justified? You may answer this question from a constitutional or a moral point of view, or both.