[SerpentDove]

>>"I'm all for destroying their machines," Hatch said during a Committee hearing Tuesday. "'If you have a few hundred thousand of those, I think people would realize' the seriousness of their actions," the wire service quotes him as saying.<<

Sic Semper Tyrannus

[vannrox]

5TH AMENDMENT

The 5th amendment to the CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, a provision of the BILL OF RIGHTS, provides several important protections for persons accused of a crime. It requires indictment by a grand jury on a federal offense and protection against double jeopardy and self-incrimination. It also forbids deprivation of life, liberty, or property without Due Process of law and prohibits the taking of private property for public use without just compensation).

These guarantees against abuses by the federal government were extended to cover acts of state governments by various Supreme Court decisions interpreting the FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT.

The 5th Amendment has been widely identified with the phrase "take the 5th" used by witnesses testifying before congressional investigating committees or judicial bodies. The right to refuse to answer questions, in any government proceeding, on the grounds of possible self-incrimination reflects a judicial interpretation broader than that intended when Congress proposed the amendment in 1789. The amendment has also been extended to such issues as involuntary or coerced confessions and the treatment of private papers.

For Further Reading Levy, Leonard W., Origins of the Fifth Amendment: The Right against Self-Incrimination (1968; repr. 1986) Peltason, J. W., Corwin and Peltason's Understanding of the Constitution, 10th ed. (1985)

[Conservateacher]

Today I heard that Hatch wants to eliminate the requirement that our President be born a US citizen.

This guy is wacked out. The R after his name means nothing. He continues to get his ass kicked by Leahy. Wake up Utah.

[Clinging Bitterly]

>>"I'm all for destroying their machines," Hatch said...

Yeah whatever. We don't need Hatch for that. Anybody stupid enough to download that peice of trashware KaZaa gets what they deserve. My girls learned. The downloaded it on their computer and it is now a doorstop.

[LanPB01]

I'm all for destroying Hatch's personal property anytime I feel he votes for legislation that steals from the producers of society and hands it to the bums.