Monday, October 3, 2016

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

The Fifth Amendment gives citizens rights to a grand jury for criminal cases and forbids double jeopardy, which is being prosecuted twice for the same crime. Also, the Fifth Amendment protects the right for a person being tried to be a witness against himself, hence the phrase, "I plead the fifth". Lastly, the Fifth Amendment does not allow the government to take our property without compensation. 

Wild 'N Out Plead the Fifth Game

In this video link above, on Nick Cannon's show, Wild 'N Out, they play a game called plead the fifth. Members of the opposing team ask questions to the other team's captain in an attempt to make them plead the fifth (not answer the question).


Here shows a video concerning real politics today in the case of Hillary Clinton. Clinton's IT experts plead the fifth at an oversight committee hearing over the alleged classified emails on an open server. 

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