The Fifth Amendment protects the right to private property in two ways. First, it states that a person may not be deprived of property by the government without “due process of law,” or fair ...

The first 10 amendments, or Bill of Rights, were submitted to the state legislatures in 1789 and ratified two years later. We now study the Fifth Amendment. This Amendment says: “(N)o person ...

NEW ORLEANS — Mayor LaToya Cantrell used her 5th Amendment right not to incriminate herself to avoid answering questions Friday during a Civil Service Commission hearing about police promotions ...

There is a reason beyond our nation’s respect for constitutional rights why a defendant’s decision to assert the Fifth Amendment is inadmissible in criminal trials: It simply isn’t a ...