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Recognizing The Right To Petition For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Tamara L. Kuennen
Recognizing The Right To Petition For Victims Of Domestic Violence, Tamara L. Kuennen
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
Like any citizen, a victim of domestic violence (DV) may call the police for help when she needs it. And yet, when a victim calls the police, she not only seeks law enforcement assistance but also invokes her constitutional right to seek one of the most fundamental services the government can provide—protection from harm. That right, recently described by the Supreme Court as “essential to freedom,” is the right “to petition the Government for a redress of grievances” guaranteed by the First Amendment. This Article argues that a combination of law and policy initiatives produces negative collateral consequences for DV …
Miranda’S Hidden Right, Laurent Sacharoff
Miranda’S Hidden Right, Laurent Sacharoff
Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship
When the Court in Miranda v. Arizona applied the Fifth Amendment “right to remain silent” to the stationhouse, it also created an inherent contradiction that has bedeviled Miranda cases since. That is, the Court in Miranda said that a suspect can waive her right to remain silent but also that she must invoke it. Numerous courts have repeated this incantation, including most recently last summer in Berghuis v. Thompkins. But how can both be true about the same right? Either the suspect has the right and can waive it or does not yet enjoy it and must therefore invoke it. …