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...Lawyers for Charles Dickerson, a Maryland man accused of several bank robberies in Virginia and Maryland, sought to dismiss his incriminating statements because he had not been read his Miranda rights before the police questioned him. The appeals court, known for its conservative stance, ruled against the defense, calling on a largely ignored piece of 1968 legislation that, among other things, deemed the reading of rights unnecessary in certain situations. That legislation, declared Justice Rehnquist, writing for the majority, was moot, because "Congress may not legislatively supersede our decisions interpreting and applying the Constitution." Rehnquist's appearance among the left...
...conviction and bending to public opinion, and between his vision of an expanded federal government and a strong position on state sovereignty. "For Bush, the challenge is to maintain his current position as popular among southern conservatives while attracting the suburban centrist vote," says TIME political correspondent John F. Dickerson. "It may seem that he has the conservative vote sewn up, but if they feel he's abandoned them, they can always stay home at the polls...
...bigger balancing act," argues Dickerson, could come between principle and respecting states' rights. "Bush likes to argue that one of the failures of America in the 1960s was that people in power didn't stand up and say the moral decay of the country was wrong. He's therefore long held that it's the responsibility of leaders to speak out against moral wrongs. So there seems to be a contradiction between his saying leaders should stand up for what's right and not taking a stance on the flag issue. This could certainly hurt him with African-American voters...
...happens, not everyone is happy to see him. "Most Republican senators are miffed that they have to make nice," says TIME Washington correspondent John Dickerson, "but they recognize how important it is for the GOP to look unified right now." Even McCain's proven ability to attract a new breed of voter to the Republican fold may serve to isolate him, particularly among those senators prone to jealousy - or to holding grudges. "They've seen how successful McCain was on the road, and they know he is responsible for many voters' seeing the party in a whole new light," says...
...David Van Biema. With reporting by John F. Dickerson, with McCain