You have the right to remain silent.

A staple of cop shows around the world, the wording, is from a decision by the United

State Supreme Court in 1966.

Ernesto Miranda, a laborer from Phoenix, had confessed to the kidnapping and rape of 18-year-old

Lois Anne Jamerson, but the police didn't mention his right to an attorney during his interrogation.

The Supreme Court overturned his conviction on the basis that suspects have the right not

to incriminate themselves.

After the ruling, police departments issued cards with the words officers had to recite

when making an arrest.

Miranda himself was retried and jailed.

Released on parole in 1972, he began signing and selling the Miranda warning cards.

Ernesto Miranda eventually wound up dead in a bar brawl, but the Supreme Court ruling

in his favour remains contentious.

It was one of a series of decisions expanding individual rights and liberties under chief

justice Earl Warren that amounted to a constitutional revolution and established the nine

Supreme Court justices as major players in American politics.

With 171 days to go, this is Chex and Balance.

I'm John Prado, the economist's US Head of the SET, and this is a podcast about the

2020 elections.

Each week we take one big theme, shaping American politics and explore it in depth.

Today, how will the Supreme Court affect the election?

An argument over the president's tax returns arrived in the Supreme Court this week.

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