Earl Warren Court In The 1950's

Between the time of 1953 and 1969 Chief Justice of the U.S. was Earl Warren and established something called the “Warren Court”. During this time of the “Warren Court” there was significant changes such as separation of Church and State and equal protection under law, and more rights for the accused. It made changes in major aspects of the United States with court cases like Engle and Brown v. Board of Education.

The Supreme Court Plays an Important role in our Society. It’s basic function is to interpret the constitution and determine the constitutionality of a law. The Warren Court did this when they decided many major life changing court cases in the 1950’s - 1960’s. One Important case was Engel v. Vitale. In the court case Engel v. Vitale

Arizona. Basically what Miranda v. Arizona is was that a man was tried without an attorney because they were never told that they could have one, which caused a stir, taking it to the supreme court. Miranda won, and now you must be told your Miranda Rights whenever you are arrested by the police. The trouble with this would be that it gives more rights to the accused, and basically letting them get off scot free, as document 8a-8b states that an adult burglar has only one chance in 412 if going to jail for any single job, and in 8a it’s a cartoon shows a man with the label “The Victim” and with a man labeled “The Criminal” in a car with a license plate with “Our Criminal-Justice System”. This means that many innocent are getting robbed from and the criminals in our country are getting away with more and more because we are giving them more rights with cases such as Miranda v. Arizona, Mapp and many other court cases like them. One outside fact on this would be being read your Miranda rights, which happens every time you are arrested. In document 7 it talks about effects of the decision in Miranda v. Arizona. One effect was that the Miranda rights have been so entrenched in American popular folklore as to become an indelible part of our collective heritage and consciousness. This means that the Miranda rights have become so fused into our culture that it has become another way of life for