<p>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats, in a rare grilling of a U.S. District Court nominee, questioned law professor Paul Cassell on Tuesday about his attempts to overturn the requirement that police inform suspects of their right to remain silent.</p>
<p>Cassell, a University of Utah law professor seeking a federal judgeship in Utah, persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to re-examine the Miranda warnings. He lost, however, in 7-2 decision in 2000 with Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist writing, "Miranda has become embedded in routine police practice to the point where the warnings have become part of our national culture."</p>