Word: bootstrap
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Constitution guarantees the right of counsel only during "criminal prosecutions," which for him do not include preliminary hearings. Implying that the court's previous decisions on the subject were shaky at best, Burger said: "I will not join in employing recent cases rather than the Constitution to bootstrap ourselves into a result. By placing a premium on 'recent cases' rather than the language of the Constitution, the court makes it dangerously simple for future courts to operate as a 'continuing constitutional convention.' " SEARCHES. Police can seldom search and seize private property without a warrant...