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Obama pushes Supremes to overturn rule about police questioning.

The Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to overturn a long-standing law that stops police officers from asking questions unless a lawyer is present. To critics, the action represents the administration's steps to limit—rather than expand—civil rights. The Department of Justice says the law as it stands "serves no real purpose," and the court may decide as early as today whether they're willing to hear cases that involve police questioning.

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