The ACLU Director Anthony Romero called it one of the worst civil liberty measures ever enacted in American history, and that kind of echoes what House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said.

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Executive Director Anthony Romero said the legal exception applies only when there is a continued threat to public safety and is "not an open-ended exception" to the Miranda rule, which guarantees the right to remain silent and the right to an attorney.

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The ACLU's Anthony Romero.

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