Miranda v. Arizona: Resources

Websites

Just in Case

An entire site dedicated to your Miranda rights. Includes answers to questions such as, "can remaining silent be used against me?" A good place to go for questions and answers.

PBS Does Miranda v. Arizona

PBS has a series on landmark Supreme Court cases, with brief yet informative descriptions.

Oyez, Oyez

Those words are spoken before every session of the Supreme Court. Oyez.org is a website dedicated to making the decisions of the Court accessible to everybody. You can binge-listen to arguments and read summaries of every case and bios of every Justice.

Movie or TV Productions

Just the Facts, Ma'am

The popular TV show Dragnet had tons of references to the Miranda Warning, as the warning was a new and controversial thing back then.

Articles and Interviews

79% of Minority Suspects Receive Miranda Rights While Unconscious

An article from The Onion, which means it's not true. But it could make you chuckle…or get depressed.

Miranda Rights for Suspected Terrorists?

Should American citizens who are suspected of terrorism get their Miranda Warning?

Miranda on TV

TV is not real, people. We just like to think it is.

Uh-Oh

Yale Law prof Steven Duke thinks Miranda has done more harm to suspects than good. Here's why.

Video

Miranda v. Arizona by Keith Hughes

Keith Hughes has an entertaining and informative channel on government and history, and here he explains the Miranda v. Arizona court case.

Miranda! The Musical

Not really—it's a documentary about the Miranda ruling presented by the Annenberg Institute of Civics. Wait—that could be really cool if we could get Lin-Manuel Miranda to write a musical about the case. He's into history, right?

Audio

Mini-Miranda

The Supreme Court debated how much of the Miranda Warning should apply to those under the age of 18.

Images

Ernesto Miranda

Here he is, looking sharp for one of his many court dates.

Chief Justice Earl Warren

The man, the myth, the legend. Except he was real.