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"Obama legal team wants to limit defendants' rights"

"Obama legal team wants to limit defendants' rights": Mark Sherman of The Associated Press has a report that begins, "The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overrule long-standing law that stops police from initiating questions unless a defendant's lawyer is present, another stark example of the White House seeking to limit rather than expand rights. The administration's action - and several others - have disappointed civil rights and civil liberties groups that expected President Barack Obama to reverse the policies of his Republican predecessor, George W. Bush, after the Democrat's call for change during the 2008 campaign."

Full post as published by How Appealing on April 23, 2009 (boomark / email).