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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsSupreme Court overturns rule on right to counsel
By Ed Brayton
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a landmark 1986 ruling that forbid the police from questioning suspects without their attorney present. The 1986 case, Michigan v Jackson, was overturned on Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling (PDF) in a similar case, Montejo v Louisiana.
As I reported last month, the Obama administration had sided with the state of Louisiana in that case and argued for overturning the prior case.
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