POLS 354 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Earl Warren, Warren E. Burger, William Rehnquist
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Rights and dignity of people swept into the process. We can take extra time that the rights of people are observed and the rights should be interpreted very broadly. Before 1953, the supreme court didn"t hear many criminal casesnot an institution very interestedi n the criminal process. Between 1953 and 1968, chief justice earl warren. Took a big interest in the criminal process bc the rights of the accused had been ignored largely and the system geared toward law enforcement. A balance was necessary at that point. About 60% of the time during warren court era, the supreme court ruled in favor of the defendants. Moved more conservative again, the crime control position. Criminal defendants only winning 35% of the time. Kept the more conservative law and order approach ruling in favor of defendants. Bill of rights - minimum enforcement of rights (constitutional rights) But states/federal gov"t can pass laws to give further rights, but not less.
