Following the decision in Miranda v. Arizona, the Congress of the United States passed a bill that the president signed into law, 18 U.S.C
§ 3501, that allowed otherwise voluntary confessions into court evidence, even if the receipt of the confession violated the principles of Miranda. The Congress was unhappy with the Miranda decision
A) but was not able to effectively overturn Miranda v. Arizona because it involved a case that interpreted parts of the Constitution, and the Supreme Court has the last work on constitutional interpretation.
B) and sought to overturn Miranda v. Arizona by passing a law that would have the effect of allowing otherwise voluntary confessions into evidence.
C) but was not able to effectively overturn Miranda v. Arizona because it involved a case from a state and not a federal case.
D) and passed the new law to punish the Supreme Court by reducing its annual budget.
E) B and C are both correct responses.
C
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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