For decades, most people have known about their rights against self-incrimination and to legal representation because of the 1966 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona. The subsequent Miranda rights require law enforcement to inform individuals of their Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights before interrogation. Civil rights advocates have been deeply disappointed with the current Supreme Court’s recent decision in a related case, which denies people the ability to seek compensation when government actors fail to meet that requirement. Last month’s decision in Vega v. Tekoh was…
