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Isn't that every law? What's the point, are you justifying a tyrannical government?

• coldtea 2y ago
  The point is something being "against the 5th" ain't gonna change anything if those that have the power want to do it. What does help is the power balances - how strongly the people will protest, it coming from one party and the other fighting it, and so on. And to answer the flagged guy: "so that means, as a regular citizen, I can interpret the laws how I want? since they are also words on paper." No, it obviously means those that have the political power can interpret the laws how they want. So unless you have that kind of power, you'll need to stand by the interpretation others make of it.
  • SuperNinKenDo 2y ago
    To be fair, discourse is an important element of power, because political institutions are held up by norms. This is why even totalitarian and authoritarian regimes will often attempt to find legal precent and jutsification for their actions.
  • proc0 2y ago
    Sure but under the current system the 5th still applies in other cases, granted in the context of this thread it was ruled that it does not, but it still went through the courts. OP was wrong because a fingerprint isn't really speech, I'm guessing.