{"id":7055,"date":"2022-07-15T06:59:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=7055"},"modified":"2022-07-15T06:59:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T13:59:37","slug":"time-to-overrule-miranda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=7055","title":{"rendered":"Time to Overrule Miranda?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, there is hope.\u00a0 I explain why in my Substack entry,\u00a0 here<\/a>.\u00a0 As a teaser, my first two paragraphs are:<\/p>\n

In an earlier entry, \u201cDemocracy Dies in Judicial Imperialism,\u201d<\/a> I noted the similarity between Roe v. Wade and Miranda v. Arizona. In each case, the Court treated the liberal elite\u2019s view of law as if it were part of the Constitution, thus to insulate it from any input from that pesky hoi polloi sometimes known as \u201cvoters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roe and Miranda are probably the two most important examples of the sort of obey-your-betters judicial imperialism I was talking about. Roe went down three weeks ago. In this entry, I ask whether it\u2019s time for Miranda to follow it into history\u2019s dustbin. To avoid any suspense, the short answer is yes \u2014 indeed it\u2019s past time \u2014 but I have my doubts that this is going to happen any time soon, even with a Supreme Court, like this one, that takes the Constitution seriously, both for what it says and what it refrains from saying. I\u2019ll explain momentarily why I think Miranda will be with us for a while despite a more disciplined Court.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, there is hope.\u00a0 I explain why in my Substack entry,\u00a0 here.\u00a0 As a teaser, my first two paragraphs are: In an earlier entry, \u201cDemocracy Dies in Judicial Imperialism,\u201d I noted the similarity between Roe v. Wade and Miranda v. Arizona. In each case, the Court treated the liberal elite\u2019s view of law as if it were part of the Constitution, thus to insulate it from any input from that pesky hoi polloi sometimes known as \u201cvoters.\u201d Roe and Miranda are probably the two most important examples of the sort of obey-your-betters judicial imperialism I was talking about. Roe went down three weeks ago. In this entry, I ask whether it\u2019s time for Miranda to follow it into history\u2019s dustbin. To avoid any suspense, the short answer is yes \u2014 indeed it\u2019s past time \u2014 but I have my doubts that this is going to happen any time soon, even with a Supreme Court, like this one, that takes the Constitution seriously, both for what it says and what it refrains from saying. I\u2019ll explain momentarily why I think Miranda will be with us for a while despite a more disciplined Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-criminal-procedure"],"yoast_head":"\nTime to Overrule Miranda? - Crime & Consequences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=7055\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Time to Overrule Miranda? - Crime & Consequences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yes, there is hope.\u00a0 I explain why in my Substack entry,\u00a0 here.\u00a0 As a teaser, my first two paragraphs are: In an earlier entry, \u201cDemocracy Dies in Judicial Imperialism,\u201d I noted the similarity between Roe v. 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