Miranda v. Arizona: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Miranda v. Arizona: Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Temple
Dissenting Justice John Harlan says that "this Court is forever adding new stories to the temples of constitutional law, and the temples have a way of collapsing when one story too many is added" (...
Contagion
Earl Warren brings up some powerful imagery when he says that "crime is contagious. If the Government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto him...
Rhetorical Questions
Although Supreme Court cases result in new or modified laws—and are final—you'll sometimes see sections where the justices try to convince the reader that their reasoning is sound…especially...