STATUS QUO David Souter, Stephen Breyer, J. P. Stevens and Ruth Ginsburg All moderate liberals, and considered good bets to uphold
WILD CARDS Anthony Kennedy Often a swing voter, he usually hesitates to overturn precedent; said to favor Miranda
Sandra Day O’Connor She’s taken whacks at Miranda, but after affirming Roe v. Wade, will she slam Miranda’s less controversial rights?
OVERTURN William Rehnquist The chief justice freely overturns liberal precedents; has voted to narrow Miranda since 1974
Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia Scalia wrote in 1994 that Miranda has meant acquitting dangerous felons and prefers Congress’s more limited 1968 law. Thomas agrees.
