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Chief Justice Earl Warren wanted to make sure that all Americans would be given the opportunity to “get a fair shake,” even if they were not educated or wealthy. At the same time, however, as a four time Governor of California, he respected law and order and despised crime. In Miranda vs. Arizona, the Supreme Court found that Miranda’s Fifth Amendment Rights had been violated, in other words, “he had the right not to incriminate himself.” It was actually only a 5-4 majority vote, with Warren handing down the decision, on June 13, 1966. Police officials were alarmed that it would spread bedlam. However, law officials learned quickly to incorporate the warning, which is now standard practice.

According to The People’s Cube “Members of the US military and the intelligence community will be obligated to memorize this text in multiple phonetic versions specific to various Middle Eastern dialects: “You have the right to remain silent or, if you want, shout Allahu Akbar in a frightening guttural tone of voice. Anything you say will be used against the United States by left-wing radical groups and the mainstream media. You have the right to use an ACLU attorney in bringing a frivolous lawsuit against the American government. If you cannot afford an attorney, the American taxpayers whom you haven’t yet killed, will pay for one. If you do not understand these rights, you will be given a chance to sue us later for your failure to do so.“

According to About.com, “In 1963, (Ernest) Miranda was arrested for the armed robbery of a bank worker. While in custody of police, Miranda — who had a record for armed robbery, attempted rape, assault and burglary — signed a written confession to the armed robbery. He also confessed to kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old girl 11 days prior to the robbery.” He was an unsavory character. His conviction was overturned, but, later, the police discovered other evidence that did convict him and sent him to prison.

Now, as you can see it was the determination of “the Warren Court” to extend civil liberties to the disenfranchised, later even to provide legal defense for the impoverished. The Warren Court drastically changed the twentieth century of the U.S.; it was also known for desegregating American’s racially divided schools.

Now “Team Obama” wants our soldiers in Afghanistan to read terrorists their “Miranda Rights”, which is an oxymoron, because they are not American citizens and are not protected by our Constitution. In fact, they hate our Constitution and want to destroy our way of life. According to The Weekly Standard, “Representative Pete Hoekstra, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee: “it would seem the last thing we want is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other al-Qaeda terrorist to remain silent. Our focus should be on preventing the next attack, not giving radical jihadists a new tactic to resist interrogation–lawyering up.” Had Khalid Sheikh Mohammad had a lawyer, (George) Tenet wrote, “I am confident that we would have obtained none of the information he had in his head about imminent threats against the American people.” (and they did find out about an imminent one.)

What is really odd to me is that “Team Obama” wants us to consider these terrorists as “criminals”, not as soldiers in a war. They attacked us. Right? An act of war. Right? Then they should be treated as POW’s and subject to military tribunals. One of the things that “Team Obama” might consider is that even a great Chief Justice like Earl Warren felt that American security was of such vital importance that earlier, as Governor of California, he interned the Japanese-Americans after Pearl Harbor.

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