Author Question: Recognizing that many citizens are not aware of their constitutional rights when being interrogated ... (Read 93 times)

123654777 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Recognizing that many citizens are not aware of their constitutional rights when being interrogated by law enforcement officers, the Supreme Court's decision in Miranda v. Arizona requires the Miranda Warning, which is chiefly intended to

a. prohibit introduction into evidence of unsolicited confessions.
b. require that police interrogate multiple suspects.
c. protect subjects of interrogations from making illegally-obtained confessions.
d. guarantee that if an improper confession is admitted at trial, any resulting conviction will be reversed on appeal.
e. allow police to trick suspects into making confessions that the police would otherwise have difficulty obtaining.

Question 2

Why do state supreme courts have considerable staying power with regard to court-made constitutional law?

a. The supreme court is the most powerful and dominant institution under most state constitutions.
b. Most state legislatures collectively agree to give state supreme courts nearly unlimited power in terms of theirstatutory and constitutional interpretation.
c. The legislative process to amend the state constitution is extremely difficult compared to amending a statute.
d. Most state legislatures are too focused on substantive issues to worry about pressuring the decision making ofsupreme courts.