Miranda v. Arizona

1. Are Miranda warnings fair to criminal defendants?

2. Is the 5th Amendment guarantee that a defendant needs to testify against himself fair?

3. Would recording interrogations solve many of the problems Miranda aims to address?

Riley v. California

1. Why did the framers of the Constitution adopt the 4th Amendment, and what does it protect?

2. Explain whether you think it is fair that defendants guilty of crimes may go free if evidence of their crimes is mishandled by the government.

3. What happened in the case Riley v. California, and what was the decision the Supreme Court was trying to make in this case?

4. Why did the Supreme Court believe that cell phones are different kinds of evidence from other property that might be searched incident to arrest?