"flyarm" Obama DOJ Seeks to Restrict Defendant's Right to Lawyer During Question

[tuolumnejim]

Now if this happened during President Bush's term there would be 2000-3000 posts by now, alas its a very small fire. 

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flyarm (1000+ posts)        Thu Apr-23-09 10:46 PM
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Obama DOJ Seeks to Restrict Defendant's Right to Lawyer During Questioning 
 

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/4/23/221528/555
Obama DOJ Seeks to Restrict Defendant's Right to Lawyer During Questioning
By Jeralyn, Section Crime Policy
Posted on Thu Apr 23, 2009 at 09:15:28 PM EST

More true colors?

The Justice Department is asking the Supreme Court to overrule Michigan v. Jackson, the 1986 Supreme Court decision that held that if police may not interrogate a defendant after the right to counsel has attached, if the defendant has a lawyer or has requested a lawyer.

he protection offered by the court in Stevens' 1986 opinion is especially important for vulnerable defendants, including the mentally and developmentally disabled, addicts, juveniles and the poor,

This isn't the first time the Justice Department, under President Obama, has sought to limit defendants' rights.


Since taking office, Obama has drawn criticism for backing the continued imprisonment of enemy combatants in Afghanistan without trial, invoking the "state secrets" privilege to avoid releasing information in lawsuits and limiting the rights of prisoners to test genetic evidence used to convict them.

The idea of overruling the decision originated with Justice Alito during oral arguments in the case of Jesse Montejo, a Louisiana death row inmate. Even some prominent former prosecutors and judges are not on board with changing the rule:

 

stillcool  (1000+ posts)        Thu Apr-23-09 10:51 PM
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1. that's ****ed up...
 Odd that Obama authored the law requiring cameras in all interrogation rooms, and was a civil rights attorney. Is this an argument limited to this particular case?
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 natrat (1000+ posts)        Thu Apr-23-09 10:58 PM
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2. just getting ready for mass civil unrest and 50% unemployment, that's change you can believe in
 
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 TahitiNut  (1000+ posts)        Thu Apr-23-09 11:14 PM
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3. 94 days and counting. The Cheney/Bush cabal had EIGHT YEARS to load DOJ and the Judiciary ...
 Edited on Thu Apr-23-09 11:16 PM by TahitiNut
... with fascists and corporatists. Furthermore, they had EIGHT YEARS even before that in which to prepare -- and with right-wing millionaires funding the 'government in exile.' The DOJ is loaded at least 5 deep with Federalist Society members and their ilk. It'll take time to change the crew and turn that ship around. The GOPhers in the Senate will be dragging their oars (hoars? whores?) every second and blocking every change they can.

Hell, Holder doesn't even have his first tier filled out yet.
 

Thats the whole thing, as I sais upthread if it was * this thread would be a 10 alarm.

[Chris]

It appears to be a small gathering of the anti-Obama faithful (and will probably be locked for that same reason).

[The Village Idiot]

Maybe civil rights don't seem important since they think its the FReepers who will be abused


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[franksolich]

It appears to be a small gathering of the anti-Obama faithful (and will probably be locked for that same reason).

I dunno if many remember, but the Leona Helmsley of DUmmieland, the "flyarm" primitive, was NOT enthusiastic about Pa Kettle during the Democrat primaries.

I forget who she was for, but I sort of recall along with Ms. Ed the unappellated eohippus, it was John Edwards.  Both of them laid low during the Democrat primaries, avoiding the Wrath of the cali primitive, and mausoleuming.

[The Village Idiot]

does it seem like the tombstonings have increased in tempo lately?

or that they just TS'd some longtime DUmmies instead of trolls?