Opening Arguments Archive: Topic: Civil Rights
Supreme Court in Miranda case: Suspect must invoke right
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a criminal suspect must explicitly invoke the right to remain silent during a police interrogation, a decision that dissenting liberal justices said turns the protections of a Miranda warning “upside down.”
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June 1, 2010; 1:06 PM ET |
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Key Excerpt: Cardin and Sotomayor on Civil Rights
Courtesy of CQ Transcriptions SEN. CARDIN: There are many protections in the Constitution, but I would like to talk a little bit about the civil rights and the -- the basic protections in our Constitution and how we've seen a...
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July 15, 2009; 10:48 AM ET |
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