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As far as I can tell, this changes nothing and simply maintains the status quo. LiterateDog Send a noteboard - 01/06/2010 11:27:36 PM
One's rights under Miranda haven't been lessened. This suit was an attempt to expand them, not maintain them. Everyone here knows I'm a huge proponent of personal liberties, but I don't see this ruling as some big new evil. Your right to remain silent hasn't changed. You still have the right to remain silent. Even if you don't "invoke" your right, if you don't say anything, there's nothing for the police there. Just as Miranda states, things you actually say can be used against you until you request an attorney.

Actually, if you think about it, Miranda was expanded with this ruling. Before, until you requested an attorney, they could question you no matter what you said or didn't say. Now to make them shut up, even without asking for a lawyer, all you have to say is that you're invoking your rights not to say anything. So now, anything you do say after that, can't be used against you.
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SCOTUS Update: Right to remain silent? Suspect better speak up - - 01/06/2010 07:53:14 PM 1161 Views
What I don't like about this decision... - 01/06/2010 08:21:02 PM 741 Views
I think the only potential issue is if the person didn't understand the Miranda warning. - 01/06/2010 10:37:42 PM 675 Views
Damn you common sense!!! *NM* - 02/06/2010 02:56:17 AM 292 Views
that is an odd way of looking at it - 01/06/2010 11:58:12 PM 688 Views
I'm more referring to the almost "magic words" that Kennedy introduces here. - 02/06/2010 12:18:07 AM 705 Views
So we should not allow police to question people at all? - 02/06/2010 12:31:27 AM 639 Views
You won't hear me complain if the Miranda rights are scaled back a bit. - 02/06/2010 12:40:23 AM 629 Views
The goal is not to keep guilty people from confessing - 02/06/2010 01:48:48 AM 657 Views
The way I see it... - 02/06/2010 03:06:01 AM 786 Views
Seems reasonable to me - 01/06/2010 09:44:30 PM 770 Views
This seems reasonable to me. - 01/06/2010 09:47:34 PM 719 Views
Hey deaf people who can't speak... pound sand. - 01/06/2010 09:55:41 PM 771 Views
well the deaf can simply close their eyes and end the interview - 02/06/2010 12:26:31 AM 668 Views
Re: well the deaf can simply close their eyes and end the interview - 02/06/2010 03:57:35 AM 680 Views
you are often questioned by the police? What are you doing to make that happen? - 02/06/2010 03:35:47 PM 714 Views
I travel internationally - 02/06/2010 08:40:38 PM 680 Views
This decision is a setback for us all. - 01/06/2010 10:10:51 PM 786 Views
No it isn't. - 01/06/2010 10:42:06 PM 700 Views
Re: No it isn't. - 01/06/2010 11:26:07 PM 716 Views
bah - 02/06/2010 12:11:46 AM 666 Views
Teach people to say "I'm not saying anything until my lawyer gets here." Period. *NM* - 02/06/2010 12:38:24 AM 281 Views
Close, but not cigar. - 02/06/2010 01:30:19 AM 718 Views
if they catch more bad guys is that a bad thing? *NM* - 02/06/2010 01:50:12 AM 297 Views
Would you be okay with the prohibition of firearms if it lowered the crime rate? - 02/06/2010 02:18:26 AM 682 Views
I think you have to have reasonable balance - 02/06/2010 05:48:31 PM 737 Views
You are at the intersection of bull and shit. - 02/06/2010 04:00:32 PM 699 Views
Re: You are at the intersection of bull and shit. - 02/06/2010 10:18:36 PM 689 Views
Hey douchebag, you're still wrong. - 02/06/2010 10:34:48 PM 674 Views
Any particular reason you started the name calling? - 02/06/2010 10:58:47 PM 616 Views
At what point did that happen? - 02/06/2010 01:26:13 AM 641 Views
This is what I alluded to in my response. - 02/06/2010 01:44:14 AM 737 Views
Re: At what point did that happen? - 02/06/2010 01:48:52 AM 760 Views
I am confused - 01/06/2010 11:09:14 PM 686 Views
Re: I am confused - 01/06/2010 11:15:07 PM 626 Views
ummm, no... - 02/06/2010 12:13:59 AM 717 Views
Re: ummm, no... - 02/06/2010 01:38:54 AM 656 Views
spare me the pontificating - 02/06/2010 01:50:27 AM 753 Views
Re: spare me the pontificating - 02/06/2010 02:01:27 AM 643 Views
you never wave your right to remain silent forever - 02/06/2010 01:53:07 AM 629 Views
It's perhaps odd that we're on opposite sides of this. - 02/06/2010 01:59:46 AM 668 Views
Nothing has changed - 02/06/2010 01:56:08 AM 659 Views
As far as I can tell, this changes nothing and simply maintains the status quo. - 01/06/2010 11:27:36 PM 680 Views
An interesting way of looking at it at the end. - 02/06/2010 02:05:34 AM 746 Views
For those who don't understand the techniques of police interrogation let me make this clear. - 02/06/2010 01:57:51 AM 734 Views
Good advice - 02/06/2010 04:00:45 AM 618 Views
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