- Harlan gives a quick review of the new rule: the four-point Miranda Warning.
- Next he tells us that these new rules are not meant to protect against police brutality or coercion (as Warren stated they are), but instead to "discourage any confession at all" (HarlanDissent.I.2).
- Harlan argues that this translation of the Constitution (meaning, the Fifth Amendment) doesn't line up with history and precedent, and that these news rules are "highly debatable" (HarlanDissent.I.3).