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Re:Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amen... by josh_fyi on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @04:29AM (#5778878)
The right not to incriminate yourself is a basic civil right. The Fifth Amendment is a codification of the right, which was given to you, as our Founding Fathers saw it, by the laws of nature. The Amendment may refer only to some circumstances, but the right was prior to it.

So, the teacher was correct to treat the students about their basic, God-given rights.

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Re:Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amen... by rayiner on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @08:09AM (#5779432)
Whose God?
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Re:Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amen... by cema on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @09:39AM (#5779927)
Perhaps metaphorical, does it matter? Some people talk of God, others use it as a figure of speech. The meaning is largely the same, in this particular case.
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Re:Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amen... by rayiner on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @10:02AM (#5780077)
Rights come from a metaphorical God?
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Re:Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amen... by cema on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @06:18PM (#5783238)
Why not?
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Re:Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amen... by sageikosa on Tuesday May 28, 2013 @01:02PM (#5781150)
I don't always agree with rayiner, but when I do, it's because someone else invoked sky spirits.
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Re:Teacher under fire for informing kids of their Fifth Amen... by betterunix on Wednesday May 29, 2013 @01:40AM (#5784799)
Don't be pedantic. It is a figure of speech that the founding fathers used.
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