Today in Supreme Court History: February 28, 1966

2/28/1966: Miranda v. Arizona argued.

The Warren Court (1966)

 

Comments

[DaivdBehar]

The beginning of the lawyer campaign to protect their client, the criminal. Protect, privilege, empower. Crime rates exploded. Lawyer employment improved. The 15 million common law crimes and the 100 million internet crimes are 100% the fault of the rent seeling lawyer profession.

It got a little scared of the wrath of the public. It adopted mandatory sentencing guidelines. These immediately dropped all crime 40%. That surged lawyer unemployment. So Ivy indoctrinated Scalia led the charge against mandatory sentencing guidelines. Lawyer employment grew again, at the cost of thousands of lives, millions of batteries, $trillion in losses. Even the criminals are suffering with record busting 100000 overdose deaths from Chinese fentanyl.

[apedad]

"Crime rates exploded."

I don't think we can say 'exploded' since it seems there was a rising trend in crime.

Certainly NOT due to lawyers.

https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm

[DaivdBehar]

Any other factor you can name as a cause of crime is caused by the rent seeking lawyer. This profession is 10 times more toxic and damaging than organized.

[Dan Schiavetta]

Most criminal defense attorneys would like to change “You have the right to remain silent” to “Don’t say a f**king word!!”

[David Nieporent]

STFU, for short.

[Dan Schiavetta]

It is amazing to me, having worked for a DA (albeit long ago), how often suspects, even after being given a Miranda, still shoot themselves in the foot. It is helpful if a big production is made of it -- lights, camera, they get to be a star.

[David Nieporent]

Most people want to explain themselves.

Many think they are much smarter than they are — if that weren't the case, they likely wouldn't be in custody in the first place! — and think they can talk their way out of trouble. (They often correctly think that not talking will make people suspicious.)

[CJColucci]

I read once that many years later Ernesto Miranda got into some unrelated legal trouble and was headed to trial. People realized that he was that Miranda and some interesting voir dire followed. I don't recall how things turned out.