Our seventh series focuses on the US Supreme Court’s most important civil liberties cases. This week, we take a week off from historical cases to focus on some civil liberties cases that the Court will hear in its new term that began this past Monday.

Our seventh series focuses on the US Supreme Court’s most important civil liberties cases. This week, Mapp v. Ohio - the case that extended the Constitution’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures applied to the states.

Our seventh series focuses on some of the US Supreme Court’s most important civil liberties cases. This week we consider the second of two cases that produced words that television viewers know well, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you…”

Our seventh series will focus on some of the US Supreme Court’s most important civil liberties cases. We’ll start with two cases that produced some words that television viewers know well, “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you…”