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The Fifth Amendment and the Miranda Warning
Notes taken by Edward Tanguay on August 29, 2015 (go to class or lectures)
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Ernesto                didn't know he had a right to remain silent
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Miranda was arrested based on                              evidence linking him to a rape
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circumstantial evidence
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evidence that is not based on direct observation or                  evidence
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the police                          him for two hours without telling him he didn't have to answer their questions
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in the end, he                   
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this confession was used as evidence against him in court
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he was                   
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his rights were                 
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the Fifth Amendment says that no person shall be                    in any criminal case to be a witness against himself
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this means that the police can't force a confession out of you and then use it at your           
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in the           , police didn't routinely video tape interrogations
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a judge may be able to figure what a defendant had said or how long he had been interrogated, but it would be hard to figure out what his state of          was
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it would be hard to tell if a confession had been               
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or if there was unduly psychological pressure on a suspect during                           
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e.g. police say they know he did it and this is his one              to tell his side of the story
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if you tell someone he has a right to remain silent, if he talks afterwards, you can be pretty sure he is doing so voluntarily
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the Miranda warning makes sure:
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confessions aren't coerced
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judges can tell they haven't been coerced
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what the Miranda warning doesn't do:
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it doesn't              the right to remain silent, the Fifth Amendment does that
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it doesn't create the right to have a             , that's in the sixth Amendment
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Miranda                  police to tell you
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if they don't, then they can't later use anything they say against you
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Miranda's confession was excluded but he was convicted anyway
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is Miranda a          decision?
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in favor of Miranda
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it is good for people to          their Constitutional rights
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against Miranda
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the exclusionary rule generally only protects the              and benefits the innocent only indirectly
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in one sense, Miranda protects the guilty, as the innocent have nothing to hide
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they don't          anything by talking to police
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but that's not necessarily true
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people do make            confessions
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this is something that doesn't happen with the              Amendment
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people don't                        false evidence and put it in their houses
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so it does actually benefit people who might get pushed into a false confession at an                    moment, etc.
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the Miranda warnings themselves are not in the Constitution
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where do judges get the power to                them?
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Miranda is an example of the Supreme Court being quite                      in managing law enforcement
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originally                   
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some called for impeachment of Chief Justice Earl Warren
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a response to that court's decision regarding race, e.g. Brown v Board of Education (1954)
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Richard            campaigned against Miranda
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as President appointed justices that he thought would                  it
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over the years, it was                  down, exceptions were created
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but the decision itself was never overturned
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congress passed a law to overrule Miranda just as they did to overrule the Religious Freedom                        Act
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to tell the court to forget the Miranda decision and just tell if the confession was voluntary
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in 1999 the court ordered them to and then went to decide that the law was valid
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Congress could overrule Miranda because Miranda wasn't based on the Constitution
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Supreme Court reviewed this in a case called                   
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(2000), upheld the requirement that the Miranda warning be read to criminal suspects and struck down a federal statute that purported to overrule Miranda v.               .
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there were not five justices who would overrule Miranda, but might have been five who would go along with congress when it tried to change the rule
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it turned out a resounding no: 7-2
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Miranda doesn't create new rights
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it just makes sure people know their rights
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makes sure those rights are                    to everyone
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therefore it is based on equality
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one of the themes of the              court
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"Constitutional laws aren't just for white people, they aren't just for men, or just for the         "
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Miranda says: rights aren't just for those who know about them               

Spelling Corrections:

defendent ⇒ defendant
agressive ⇒ aggressive

Ideas and Concepts:

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Why We Needed a Constitution
Creating the Constitution
Structural, Backward-Looking, and Forward-Looking Provisions
Article I: The Legislative Branch
Article II: The Executive Branch
Article III: The Judicial Branch
The Bill of Rights
The Progressive Amendments: 16, 17, 18, and 19
Freedom of Speech
The Supreme Court and the Free Exercise of Religion Clause
The Establishment Clause
The Fourth Amendment: Protection from Unreasonable Search and Seizure
The Fifth Amendment and the Miranda Warning
The Sixth Amendment