In this case, the criminal didn't raise the issue in a timely fashion. So the question basically was, 'Do illegal aliens have greater rights than do American citizens?' Bush said yes, the Court said no.
“In this case, the criminal didn’t raise the issue in a timely fashion. So the question basically was, ‘Do illegal aliens have greater rights than do American citizens?’
No, the issue is do foreigners have the right to confer with their embassies if they are arrested. Who cares if at first they said no and then later decided maybe it would be prudent.
Playing “gotcha” with the law only gets you stung later on. Anyone who refused allowing a foreign perp, at any point of the judicial proceeding, access to their embassy is a knuckle dragging troglydyte who doesn’t have the sense to wear a badge or represent the people in any capacity of public service.