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That's correct. The Framers said "No person ... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." They could just as easily have said
by torstenvl 8y ago
That's correct.
The Framers said "No person ... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."
They could just as easily have said "No person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness." But they did not.