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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 1107 Views
What I don't like about this decision... - 01/06/2010 08:21:02 PM 693 Views
I think the only potential issue is if the person didn't understand the Miranda warning. - 01/06/2010 10:37:42 PM 625 Views
Damn you common sense!!! *NM* - 02/06/2010 02:56:17 AM 273 Views
that is an odd way of looking at it - 01/06/2010 11:58:12 PM 637 Views
I'm more referring to the almost "magic words" that Kennedy introduces here. - 02/06/2010 12:18:07 AM 658 Views
So we should not allow police to question people at all? - 02/06/2010 12:31:27 AM 589 Views
You won't hear me complain if the Miranda rights are scaled back a bit. - 02/06/2010 12:40:23 AM 585 Views
The goal is not to keep guilty people from confessing - 02/06/2010 01:48:48 AM 606 Views
The way I see it... - 02/06/2010 03:06:01 AM 726 Views
Seems reasonable to me - 01/06/2010 09:44:30 PM 720 Views
This seems reasonable to me. - 01/06/2010 09:47:34 PM 666 Views
Hey deaf people who can't speak... pound sand. - 01/06/2010 09:55:41 PM 724 Views
well the deaf can simply close their eyes and end the interview - 02/06/2010 12:26:31 AM 616 Views
Re: well the deaf can simply close their eyes and end the interview - 02/06/2010 03:57:35 AM 627 Views
you are often questioned by the police? What are you doing to make that happen? - 02/06/2010 03:35:47 PM 667 Views
I travel internationally - 02/06/2010 08:40:38 PM 634 Views
This decision is a setback for us all. - 01/06/2010 10:10:51 PM 735 Views
No it isn't. - 01/06/2010 10:42:06 PM 652 Views
Re: No it isn't. - 01/06/2010 11:26:07 PM 662 Views
bah - 02/06/2010 12:11:46 AM 622 Views
Teach people to say "I'm not saying anything until my lawyer gets here." Period. *NM* - 02/06/2010 12:38:24 AM 260 Views
Close, but not cigar. - 02/06/2010 01:30:19 AM 670 Views
if they catch more bad guys is that a bad thing? *NM* - 02/06/2010 01:50:12 AM 277 Views
Would you be okay with the prohibition of firearms if it lowered the crime rate? - 02/06/2010 02:18:26 AM 631 Views
I think you have to have reasonable balance - 02/06/2010 05:48:31 PM 690 Views
You are at the intersection of bull and shit. - 02/06/2010 04:00:32 PM 655 Views
Re: You are at the intersection of bull and shit. - 02/06/2010 10:18:36 PM 643 Views
Hey douchebag, you're still wrong. - 02/06/2010 10:34:48 PM 623 Views
Any particular reason you started the name calling? - 02/06/2010 10:58:47 PM 568 Views
At what point did that happen? - 02/06/2010 01:26:13 AM 593 Views
This is what I alluded to in my response. - 02/06/2010 01:44:14 AM 689 Views
Re: At what point did that happen? - 02/06/2010 01:48:52 AM 709 Views
I am confused - 01/06/2010 11:09:14 PM 641 Views
Re: I am confused - 01/06/2010 11:15:07 PM 573 Views
ummm, no... - 02/06/2010 12:13:59 AM 672 Views
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spare me the pontificating - 02/06/2010 01:50:27 AM 700 Views
Re: spare me the pontificating - 02/06/2010 02:01:27 AM 598 Views
you never wave your right to remain silent forever - 02/06/2010 01:53:07 AM 583 Views
It's perhaps odd that we're on opposite sides of this. - 02/06/2010 01:59:46 AM 622 Views
Nothing has changed - 02/06/2010 01:56:08 AM 608 Views
As far as I can tell, this changes nothing and simply maintains the status quo. - 01/06/2010 11:27:36 PM 635 Views
An interesting way of looking at it at the end. - 02/06/2010 02:05:34 AM 700 Views
For those who don't understand the techniques of police interrogation let me make this clear. - 02/06/2010 01:57:51 AM 685 Views
Good advice - 02/06/2010 04:00:45 AM 574 Views
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