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they were at parties raided by the police.
Had they not taken the tests, each would have
faced a $100 fine and a trip to jail.
Doug Lewis, director of the University's
Student Legal Services, said he expects law
enforcement procedure to stay the same
despite the ruling.
"It maynothave all that much of animpact,"
Lewis said. "Officers can still base the MIP on
someone's demeanor, appearance or smell."
Still, Michael Steinberg, legal director of
the state ACLU, said the group was excited
about the ruling.
"The decision will have an impact on hun-
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dreds of young people throughout the state,
and we're thrilled," he said.
If police have probable cause, they can
also ask a judge to issue a warrantcompelling
someone to submit to a breath test. That war-
rant can be obtained quickly, via fax.
In 2005, Gregory O'Dell, the deputy chief
of the Ann Arbor Police Department, told
The Michigan Daily that his department did
not issue citations to individuals who refused
breath tests. O'Dell sent an e-mail to the
entire department yesterday, detailing the
court ruling.
Department of Public Safety spokeswoman
Diane Brown said University police always
seek consent from subjects before giving
them breath tests for blood alcohol content.
She said DPS usually only gives breath tests
to subjects who have already drawn attention
to themselves by acting disorderly or com-
mitting a crime.
"Rarely has someone not done something
else," she said.
Brown said she couldn't immediately com-
ment on whether DPS procedures for MIPs
would change because of the ruling.
"The number one thing is we need to get
people medical attention because you can die
of alcohol poisoning," she said. "And that's
always the number one issue for police."
Steinberg said he was unsure of whether
the ruling will be appealed, but he expressed
confidence that the decision would stand if
the case reached that point.
"We think the decision would be upheld,"
he said.
6 nuns excommunicated
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Six
Catholic nuns have been excommuni-
cated for heresy after refusing to give up
membership in a Canadian sect whose
founder claims to be possessed by the
Virgin Mary, the Diocese of Little Rock
announced yesterday.
The Rev. J. Gaston Hebert,the diocese
administrator, said he notified the nuns
of the decision Tuesday night after they
refused to recant the teachings of the
Community of the Lady of All Nations,
also known as the Army of Mary.
The Vaticanhasdeclared allmembers
of the Army of Mary excommunicated.
Hebert said the excommunication was
the first in the diocese's 165-year his-
tory.
"It is a painfully historic moment for
this church," Hebert said.
The six nuns are associated with the
Good Shepherd Monastery of Our Lady
of Charity and Refuge in Hot Springs.
Sister Mary Theresa Dionne, one of the
nuns excommunicated, said the nuns
will still live at the convent property,
which they own.
"We are at peace and we know that
for us we are doing the right thing," the
82-year-old nun said.
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