The Ruling > Assenting Opinion
"The cases before us raise questions which go to the roots of our concepts of American criminal jurisprudence: the restraints society must observe consistent with the Federal Constitution in prosecuting individuals for crime."
-Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren (1966), Assenting Opinion of Miranda v. Arizona
-Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren (1966), Assenting Opinion of Miranda v. Arizona
Assenting Opinion
Above images: Portraits of the Justices in support of the plaintiff, Miranda. Names from left to right: Earl Warren, Hugo Black, William Brennan, William Douglas, and Abe Fortas (Credit: Library of Congress and Getty Images. Please see the Annotated Bibliography for further details.)
General Argument: 5th Amendment rights are so important and fundamental to our society that we must take every precaution to ensure these rights are available to all citizens.
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Full Assenting Opinion
Credit: Landmark Cases of the Supreme Court (Opinion originally published in 1966)
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