The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 19th, 2000
`Miranda warning' in grip of uncertainty
Supreme Court ready to answer challenge from Congress
By LYLE DENNISTON
Baltimore Sun
Wednesday, April 19, 2000
Washington -- In 1968, Gerald Ford, then a Republican congressman, made clear to his colleagues that Congress was spoiling for a fight with the U.S. Supreme Court over "Miranda warnings." Today, 32 years later, the court finally is ready to answer the challenge.
The confrontation that Ford foresaw is a simple one: Congress passed a law that sought to overrule the Supreme Court's 1966 decision in Miranda vs. Arizona. Now, the court's much...
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