Judicial Reform Act of 1982

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Judicial Reform Act of 1982 - Title I: Court Procedures - Part A: Incorporation Doctrine - Amends the Federal judicial code to prohibit the Supreme Court from reviewing, by appeal, writ or certiorari, or otherwise, any case in which any party claims the abridgement by a State, or by any political subdivision of a State, of any right secured by the first eight amendments to the Constitution. Prohibits district court jurisdiction of any case of which the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction under the preceding sentence. Part B: Exclusionary Rule - Provides that evidence otherwise admissible in a Federal criminal proceeding shall not be excluded on the grounds that such evidence was obtained in violation of the fourth amendment to the Constitution. Provides a court of the United States with power to punish by fine or imprisonment, at its discretion, such contempt of the Constitution of the United States and none other, as any search or seizure in violation of the fourth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, if such search or seizure involves the subject of a criminal proceeding before such court. Part C: Habeas Corpus - Requires the Supreme Court, a circuit judge, or…