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NATION, Page 27American NotesSUPREME COURT48 Hours On Ice
A person who is arrested without a warrant is entitled to a
"prompt" ruling by a judge to determine whether the arrest was
lawful. But what does "prompt" mean? Last week the Supreme
Court held, in a 5-to-4 vote, that suspects may generally be
jailed for as long as 48 hours. While the decision was in line
with the court's recent law-and-order tilt, there was a
surprise dissenter: conservative Justice Antonin Scalia. Arguing
that a 24-hour delay was the constitutional limit, Scalia
fumed, "Hereafter a law-abiding citizen wrongfully arrested may
be compelled to await the grace of a Dickensian bureaucratic
machine as it churns its cycle for up to two days."