The Fifth Amendment Imagine, you are in a court of law where a judge is deciding if you are innocent or guilty of a crime. Where do you think the rights you have came from? Why do you think you have certain rights during a trial? You have these rights in court and in your everyday life because of the fifth amendment. This amendment outlines the rights of the people for their property and for those who may be on trial or charged with a crime. The fifth amendment had an extremely important meaning
If you ask someone what they think about the Fifth Amendment, most people will likely point out that it provides citizens a right against self-incrimination. However, besides the well-known “plead the Fifth” clause, the Fifth Amendment provides a number of other important privileges and protections including the right to a grand jury for capital offences, the right to due process, the right to fair compensation when the government takes your property and a prohibition against being prosecuted or
in legal and political dialogue in the United States. Indeed, it would not be an exaggeration to state that the concepts of separation of powers and federalism have a significant impact in shaping the American political system, including the criminal justice system, that exist today. In New York v. United States (1992), Justice O’Connor noted that the issue of federalism, “discerning the proper division of authority between the Federal Government and the States”, was “perhaps our oldest question of
twenty-seven amendments to the US Constitution giving all US citizens a variety of rights. You may ask, but why is this important? Is there a reason we should even know about them? Truth is, yes, we do have to know them for privacy reasons, government issues, protection, and within others. In the next couple paragraphs, ten out of the twenty-seven amendments will mentioned in specific detail for a better understanding. Being a US citizen has its perks, but knowing the amendments of the Constitution is something