Obama Administration Proposes Rolling Back Fifth and Sixth Amendments
Proposal Would Delay Hearings in Terror Cases</NYT_HEADLINE><NYT_BYLINE>
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
</NYT_BYLINE><NYT_TEXT><NYT_CORRECTION_TOP></NYT_CORRECTION_TOP>WASHINGTON ? President Obama?s legal advisers are considering asking Congress to allow the government to detain terrorism suspects longer after their arrests before presenting them to a judge for an initial hearing, according to administration officials familiar with the discussions.
If approved, the idea to delay hearings would be attached to broader legislation to allow interrogators to withhold Miranda warnings from terrorism suspects for lengthy periods, as Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. proposed last week.
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The 5th Amendment
The 6th Amendment
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Proposal Would Delay Hearings in Terror Cases</NYT_HEADLINE><NYT_BYLINE>
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
</NYT_BYLINE><NYT_TEXT><NYT_CORRECTION_TOP></NYT_CORRECTION_TOP>WASHINGTON ? President Obama?s legal advisers are considering asking Congress to allow the government to detain terrorism suspects longer after their arrests before presenting them to a judge for an initial hearing, according to administration officials familiar with the discussions.
If approved, the idea to delay hearings would be attached to broader legislation to allow interrogators to withhold Miranda warnings from terrorism suspects for lengthy periods, as Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. proposed last week.
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The 5th Amendment
The 6th Amendment
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