Wedding Photographer Spent a Year in Jail After Pleading the Fifth

Re:Wedding Photographer Spent a Year in Jail After Pleading ... by TillE on Friday August 18, 2023 @11:40PM (#37185274)

Yes. I mean, that's the whole point of that part of the fifth amendment. There would be no need for an explicit carveout of self-incrimination if the government didn't have the general ability to compel witnesses to testify.

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Re:Wedding Photographer Spent a Year in Jail After Pleading ... by ethanbond on Saturday August 19, 2023 @12:40AM (#37185565)

Exactly. I suppose in some sense you have to admire America’s ability to produce people who believe the government has ~zero authority.

“The government can’t possibly do [basic function of every government since dawn of tribal life], can it?”

Yes indeed it can.

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Re:Wedding Photographer Spent a Year in Jail After Pleading ... by ajhurliman on Saturday August 19, 2023 @11:02AM (#37189477)

There’s just so much freedom over here it’s hard to tell where ends and where it begins.

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