EXTREMIST COURT GUTS MIRANDA RIGHTS; LEAVES PUBLIC VULNERABLE

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (June 23, 2022) — This morning, the Supreme Court’s right-wing supermajority gutted Americans’ Miranda rights. Take Back the Court released the following statement on behalf of its executive director, Sarah Lipton-Lubet, in response:

“'You have the right to remain silent' is one of our best-known and most fundamental rights, and today the Court stripped it of all meaning by holding that you have no recourse if your Miranda rights are violated. Make no mistake, removing any consequences will only make it more likely that law enforcement will violate our rights. This Court will not stop until it has gutted all of the rights that protect everyday Americans from abuses by the powerful. If we want to protect ourselves, then we have to expand the Court.”