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		charonn0 on Jan 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Supreme Court to consider if silence can be eviden... If failure to answer becomes evidence of guilt, then answering is compulsory, and therefore falls under the 5th amendment.

rosser on Jan 15, 2013 [–]

If failure to answer becomes evidence of guilt, then answering is compulsory, and therefore falls under the 5th amendment.

This. A thousand times, this. Thank you for putting it so succinctly.

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