Presumed guilty : how the Supreme Court empowered the police and subverted civil rights / Erwin Chemerinsky.
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- ISBN: 9781631496516
- ISBN: 1631496514
- Physical Description: xiii, 362 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2021.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | "I Can't Breathe" Why courts can't stop police from using chokeholds -- Confronting the realities of race and policing -- The Supreme Court's essential role in enforcing the Constitution and controlling police -- The Court and policing before 1953 -- Why the Court ignored policing for much of American history -- Judicial silence on Constitutional protections and remedies before 1953 -- Finally enforcing constitutional protections and remedies -- "Each era finds an improvement in law for the benefit of mankind" applying the Bill of Rights to state and local police -- Both limiting and empowering police the Warren Court and the Fourth Amendment -- Miranda trying to solve the problem of coercion in police interrogations -- Protecting the innocent from wrongful convictions -- Safeguards against false eyewitness identifications -- Rights need remedies -- "Only the guilty have something to hide" undermining Fourth Amendment protections -- Hollowing out Miranda -- Refusing to check police eyewitness identification procedures -- Eroding remedies for police misconduct -- Police can stop anyone, at any time, and search them -- You don't really have the right to remain silent -- Ignoring the problem of false eyewitness identifications -- The vanishing remedies for police misconduct -- Overcoming the Supreme Court to reform policing -- The path to meaningful police reform. |
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Presumed Guilty : How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
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Presumed Guilty : How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Preface | p. xi | |
Part I | The Supreme Court, Race, and Policing | |
1 | "I Can't Breathe": Why Courts Can't Stop Police from Using Chokeholds | p. 3 |
2 | Confronting the Realities of Race and Policing | p. 17 |
3 | The Supreme Court's Essential Role in Enforcing the Constitution and Controlling Police | p. 23 |
Part II | A Minimal Judicial Role: The Court and Policing Before 1953 | |
4 | Why the Supreme Court Ignored Policing for Much of American History | p. 39 |
5 | Judicial Silence on Constitutional Protections and Remedies Before 1953 | p. 59 |
Part III | The Warren Court: Finally Enforcing Constitutional Protections and Remedies | |
6 | "Each Era Finds an Improvement in Law for the Benefit of Mankind": Applying the Bill of Rights to State and Local Police | p. 83 |
7 | Both Limiting and Empowering Police: The Warren Court and the Fourth Amendment | p. 101 |
8 | Miranda: Trying to Solve the Problem of Coercion in Police Interrogations | p. 117 |
9 | Protecting the Innocent from Wrongful Convictions: Safeguards Against False Eyewitness Identifications | p. 125 |
10 | Rights Need Remedies | p. 131 |
Part IV | Retrenchment: The Burger Court Limits Constitutional Rights | |
11 | "Only the Guilty Have Something to Hide": Undermining Fourth Amendment Protections | p. 141 |
12 | Hollowing Out Miranda | p. 168 |
13 | Refusing to Check Police Eyewitness Identification Procedures | p. 174 |
14 | Eroding Remedies for Police Misconduct | p. 184 |
Part V | Empowering Police: The Rehnquist and Roberts Courts | |
15 | The Police Can Stop Anyone, at Any Time, and Search Them | p. 209 |
16 | You Don't Really Have the Right to Remain Silent | p. 231 |
17 | Ignoring the Problem of False Eyewitness Identifications | p. 239 |
18 | The Vanishing Remedies for Police Misconduct | p. 243 |
Part VI | It Can Be Done: Overcoming the Supreme Court to Reform Policing | |
19 | The Path to Meaningful Police Reform | p. 275 |
Acknowledgments | p. 309 | |
Notes | p. 311 | |
Index | p. 345 |