David Joseph Solis
Prof. Richard Manderfield
WRA 115, Section 001
October 7 2015
Miranda v. Arizona, a Spark of Democracy In 1966, a Supreme Court ruling became one of the most important cases that are studied in today’s history classes. Miranda v. Arizona, a case that began when Ernesto Miranda confessed to the authorities that he indeed, raped a teenage female. Even though Miranda did not know his rights nor was he informed of them, he signed a confession where it stated that he knew his rights. The Miranda v. Arizona case did not only establish the Miranda rights, but became a symbol of democracy; an important cultural value in the United States. In the United States, democratic core values can be identified in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, historical events, and presidential inaugurations.
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The writers of the Declaration of Independence demonstrate that all men are equally created and are provided with [God-given] rights that cannot be taken away, and those include, the rights to, “Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness”. In the preamble, the Declaration of Independence indicates, “… men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights… Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” (“The Declaration of Independence”). John Lock, the philosopher who strongly influenced that segment of the Declaration of Independence argues, how life is, in fact, an inalienable right because God owns us, in other words, we do not own ourselves (James). In society, the unalienable rights can be seen as how we have the right to do anything we want in our lives, but there are rules that are established so that we can remain safe and therefore, they should be followed. The unalienable rights present in the Declaration of Independence are just one of many examples that express democratic ideas important to American