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What part of the Fifth Amendment do you believe applies here?
by torstenvl 2y ago
What part of the Fifth Amendment do you believe applies here?
- defiamazing 2y ago[flagged]
- cranberryturkey 2y agothe right to remain silent and the search and seizure protections...
- meepmorp 2y agoNobody was compelled to give evidence against themselves. Fingerprints are external, physical features - it's no different than being made to give up a key to a locked door pursuant to a warrant. And parolees are released under supervision, with law enforcement having greater authority to search them and their property.
- cranberryturkey 2y agoexactly the police would need a warrant to unlock my phone, same as my front door.
- meepmorp 2y agoYou missed the bit about the guy in the story being in parole - parolees have fewer 4th amendment protections than other citizens, as a condition of their early release from prison. Different situations are different.
- torstenvl 2y agoYou think this violates "No person shall be . . . compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself"? How so? What witnesseth a fingerprint?