Berghuis v. Thompkins

5-4

Prologue Projects

News Commentary, News, Government

4.6 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In a world where the police are charged with protecting your Constitutional rights, they'd be climbing all over themselves to read you your Miranda Rights. We don't live in that world.

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0:00.0	We'll hear your argument first this morning in case 081470, Bergeus vs. Tompkins.
0:09.0	Hey everyone, this is Andrew Parsons from Prologue Projects.
0:12.0	I'm Phillian and Phillian while he's away.
0:14.0	On this episode of 5-4, Peter, Rian and Michael are talking about Bergeus' feet Tompkins
0:20.0	and they're joined by Jay Willis, editor-in-chief of Balls and Strikes.
0:24.0	This is a case about the measures police take to circumvent your constitutional right
0:29.0	to remain silent while under arrest.
0:31.0	It's a concept that everyone knows from public culture.
0:34.0	The department was forced to drop the charges because you forgot to read him his Miranda rights.
0:39.0	Do you even know the Miranda rights?
0:41.0	Yes, what's there on that?
0:44.0	Okay, it's, look it obviously starts with you, the right to remain silent.
0:48.0	I know you heard this before and then...
0:50.0	Miranda rights are meant to protect you from self-incrimination.
0:54.0	So naturally, nearly as soon as those protections were outlined,
0:58.0	police and prosecutors set out to undermine them.
1:01.0	This case is a result of that, and you can probably guess the outcome.
1:07.0	This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.
1:17.0	Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases
1:21.0	that have disrupted our civil rights, like shots of Taylor Swift,
1:25.0	disrupting NFL broadcasts.
1:28.0	Disrupting and enhancing open question.
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