Drug Testing

Daily Show Hijacks Rick Scott Presser: Prove You're Not On Drugs By Peeing In This Cup

Jillian Rayfield | December 7, 2011, 5:05PM

Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi interrupted a press conference by Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) to ask him to prove to the state taxpayers that he's not on drugs by peeing in a cup.

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Topics: Daily Show, Drug Testing, Florida, Rick Scott, Welfare

Andrew Shirvell

Michigan Asst. AG Temporarily Suspended After Attacking Gay Student On His Blog

Jillian Rayfield | November 8, 2010, 10:11AM

Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell has been temporarily suspended, pending a hearing by the AG's office over his blog posts that targeted a University of Michigan student for being gay.

[Late Update: Shirvell has been fired. Read the whole story here.]

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Topics: Andrew Shirvell, Daily Show, Michigan

Miranda rights

Overlooked On Newt-Stewart Exchange: Is Gingrich Confused About The Law?

Justin Elliott | February 10, 2010, 5:59PM

As long as it's Miranda day around here: there's something in danger of being lost in all the chuckling today over Newt Gingrich's misidentification of shoebomber Richard Reid as an American citizen.

The fact is, non-citizens have the same rights under the U.S. criminal justice system as citizens. Non-citizens must be read their Miranda rights before so-called "custodial interrogation" by the police, just like anyone else.

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Topics: Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Miranda rights, Newt Gingrich, Richard Reid, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab