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To: arrogantsob
The right to not incriminate yourself is in the Constitution. “I decline to answer, Senator, on the grounds I may incriminate myself.”

Correct. But my comments are about Miranda rights which are NOT in the Constitution and were created by the Court in 1966. When Obama talks about terrorism suspects not being "read their rights", he is talking about Miranda rights, not plain vanilla 5th Amendment protections.

jas3
165 posted on 09/08/2008 8:04:50 PM PDT by jas3
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To: jas3

Miranda rights is merely telling a suspect that he has 5th amendment protections unless he willingly waives them. The 5th does not speak of citizens. “No PERSON shall...., nor shall any Person be subject for the same offense...., nor shall be compelled in any criminal case....

It speaks of persons throughout not citizens. All have the right to due process of law. Of course, terrorists have access to a different due process than persons not at way with us.


191 posted on 09/08/2008 8:22:37 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Hero vs Zero)
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