Supremacy

[nusbacher]

Taken from celandineb via ancarett

As was demonstrated in an interview with Katie Couric, Sarah Palin is unable to name any Supreme Court case other than Roe v. Wade. Can you do better?

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[ancarett]

Oh, an excellent decision to bring up! Constitutional review is a principle worth remembering.

[nusbacher]

Poor old Mr Justice Coke tried so hard to sort it out in time to avoid the English Civil War ... good work on the Petition of Right, but not so good on curbing the power of Parliament.

[bend_gules]

Wasn't Miranda a Supreme Court case?
Hardly in the same league as Marbury v Madison, but it affects an awful lot of US cop dramas.

I noticed the difference when I moved here and watched British cop dramas - the warning is somewhat different, and more explicitly requires your cooperation with the police. Your right to silence isn't quite as firm as in the US (in theory).

[nusbacher]

Miranda v Arizona was indeed a case in the US Supreme Court.

In the UK there is no absolute legal protection against self-incrimination. Judges' Rules of 1912 recognised the protection in England and Wales, but under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 a jury can draw an adverse inference from a silent witness.

For trivia buffs, the caution given by UK police is from the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and goes like this:

“You do not have to say anything. But it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in Court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.”