 The dissent, authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, argued that "Miranda" and other previous cases had required a claimed waiver of a constitutional right to be shown more strongly, especially in light of a lengthy interrogation with a possible "compelling influence" during which the accused had remained almost entirely silent for almost 3 hours prior to the self-incriminating statement.Responses from legal observers and the media were divided.Many considered "Berghuis" a further erosion of "Miranda" and were concerned it was "turning the clocks back" on safeguards developed in previous cases.