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Media Matters - In NY Post book review, McCarthy falsely suggested Clinton administration responsible for upholding Miranda requirement

Further, the authors' extension of American constitutional rights to alien detainees is high-minded; but -- thanks largely to a position taken by the Clinton Justice Department before the Supreme Court in 1999 -- the Fifth Amendment guarantee now incorporates Miranda protections. That is hardly appropriate for wartime enemy combatants.

As the Media Matters post explains, Miranda protections were found to be inherent in the Fifth Amendment by the Supremes not in 1999 but in 1966 in the landmark decision (drumroll, please...) MIRANDA vs. Arizona! Jeez, I remember that from junior high school! All the Supreme Court did in the case McCarthy refers to (Dickerson vs. U.S.) was reaffirm the court's findings in Miranda.

This is the hidden corollary to IOKIYAR: Everything bad that happens is Clinton's fault.

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