Because the Weeks decision applied only against the federal government, state law enforcement officers were still free to seize evidence illegally without fear of exclusion in state criminal proceedings.

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The Weeks decision established the exclusionary rule in federal courts but did not apply to state courts until the Mapp v. Ohio decision in 1961, which incorporated the exclusionary rule to the states through the Fourteenth Amendment.

Because the Weeks Decision Applied Only Against the Federal Government