Supreme Court overturns rule on right to counsel

Supreme Court overturns rule on right to counsel : Dispatches from the Culture Wars:

"The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a landmark 1986 ruling that forbid the police from questioning suspects without their attorney present. The 1986 case, Michigan v Jackson, was overturned on Tuesday in a 5-4 ruling (PDF) in a similar case, Montejo v Louisiana. "