Miranda Rights

Supreme Court Rules On Prisoner Miranda Rights

AP | By JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 04.22.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court said Tuesday investigators don't have to read Miranda rights to inmates during jailhouse interrogations about crimes u...

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Bachmann: Suspected Terrorists 'Don't Have Any' Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.22.2011

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Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) came out strongly against reading suspected terrorists their Miranda rights. She criticized President Obama bowing to ...

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Somali Citizen Brought To New York To Face Terrorism Charges

AP | By MATT APUZZO | Posted 09.04.2011

WASHINGTON -- A Somali citizen captured in April was interrogated aboard a U.S. warship for two months and is now in New York to face terrorism charge...

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Today In History: June 13

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 08.13.2011

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There's no denying it: the digital age is unforgivingly fast-paced. But how can we move forward if we never take a moment to reflect on where we've...

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Dear Rosie O'Donnell: Move To Cuba!

The Adam Carolla Show | Posted 07.12.2011

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I heard that Rosie O'Donnell thinks we treated Osama bin Laden unfairly and should have given him a trial. Wow, Rosie, it must be nice to sit up high in your tower and look down at all the unevolved people.

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Supreme Court To Consider Miranda Rights

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will consider whether investigators must give a jail inmate his Miranda rights before questioning him on matters ...

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Miranda Rights Trimmed Down By Supreme Court

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — You have the right to remain silent, but only if you tell the police that you're remaining silent. You have a right to a lawyer &n...

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Supreme Court Miranda Ruling: Suspects Must Explicitly Tell Police They Want To Remain Silent

AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Want to invoke your right to remain silent? You'll have to speak up. In a narrowly split decision, the Supreme Court's conservativ...

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Eric Holder: Miranda Rights Should Be Modified For Terrorism Suspects

Huffington Post | Nico Pitney | Posted 05.25.2011

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Attorney General Eric Holder said for the first time today on ABC's "This Week" that the Obama administration is open to modifying Miranda protections...

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Giuliani and Pataki Play Monday Morning Patriot

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

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New Yorkers who lived through 9/11 tend to feel a special role in the war on terror. We're silent witnesses to the worst that can happen. Unfortunately, the politicians who were there with us won't stop talking.

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Forget the Terrorists: Fear Is Our Real Enemy

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Said in another time and different context, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's exhortation that "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" holds true today, more than ever, in our fight against terrorism.

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Conservative Vigilantes: Please Exercise Your Right to Silence

David Coleman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joe Lieberman should be ashamed of his assertion that a law can be passed to strip people of constitutional rights after they are apprehended and charged.

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Congressional Sparring Ignores Practical Reasons For Miranda

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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The consequences of not reading rights to terrorist suspects that we later want to prosecute are now on display at the military commissions in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. And it's not looking good for the government.

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The (Right) Stuff of Dreams

Bob Franken | Posted 05.25.2011

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I've been having this dream. It's so far-fetched that I am reluctant to talk about it. Not even to a therapist. It's too wacky. In my dream, they a...

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Cornyn: Obama Got 'Lucky' That Times Square Bomber Is Talking

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Even though the suspected plotter in the Times Square car-bombing attempt is talking to authorities after being read his Miranda rights, Republicans i...

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Republicans Use Faisal Shahzad Arrest To Renew Miranda Rights Debate

Posted 05.25.2011

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With suspected terrorist Faisal Shahzad in custody, the debate over what rights should be given to the Pakistani-American man now facing charges in co...

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The Taserification of America

Will Bunch | Posted 05.25.2011

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Must we see every single act of wrongdoing, even minor ones, through the prism of 9/11? Is a fan running on a field in the same ballpark with killing nearly 3,000 people?

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Faisal Shahzad Arrest: John McCain Is Upset Times Square Bomber Was Mirandized

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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McCain doesn't seem to know that Mirandizing criminal suspects is something that we do here in America. Especially in instances where the goal is to make the suspect "face charges" that potentially result in a "death sentence."

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Failed Times Square Bomber's Guilty Plea Is a Win for US Justice System

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faisal Shahzad entered a plea of "guilty" today in a federal courthouse in Manhattan. Despite Liz Cheney's warnings about bringing suspected terrorists to a U.S. courthouse, the proceeding was orderly, calm and peaceful.

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SCOTUS Ruling Could Give CPD More Leeway In Their Interrogation Tactics

Posted 05.25.2011

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Chicago's police force is notorious for its rough handling of suspects in interrogations. Just last month, the department settled a class-action lawsu...

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'Modifying' Miranda Rights Modifies The Political Debate

AP | PETE YOST | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Hammered for months by Republicans as soft on terrorism, Attorney General Eric Holder and the rest of the Obama administration are ...

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Quarles Public Safety Exception to Miranda: The Ethical, Legal and Effective Answer to "Ticking Time Bombs"

Coleen Rowley | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 1984, the Supreme Court created an exception to the Miranda rule when the questioning was designed to protect public safety -- and it's largely been ignored by prosecutors and courts.

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Questioning Sexual Orientation Is Out of Bounds

Ed Koch | Posted 05.25.2011

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By denying Elena Kagan is lesbian instead of denouncing the inquiry, the White House is implicitly stating sexual orientation is a legitimate issue of discussion in the confirmation process.

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Missing the Point: Terrorism and Miranda

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

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What the government would gain from such legislation is not a greater effectiveness in preventing future terrorist attacks, but the ability to use coerced confessions against criminal defendants. This, the Constitution does not allow.

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Getting After the Devil: Obama and Civil Liberties

John W. Whitehead | Posted 05.25.2011

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if Congress gives the Obama administration the green light to scale back the Miranda rule, it would be yet another dangerous expansion of government power at the expense of citizens' civil rights.

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