THE Fifth Amendment was part of the Bill of Rights that was added to the Constitution on December 15, 1791. The Fifth Amendment originally only applied to federal courts, but now applies to state ...

President Donald Trump has derided the Fifth Amendment as the refuge of mobsters, and during Watergate President Richard Nixon infamously told aides, “I want you all to stonewall it, let them plead ...

THE defense rested their case on Thursday, April 15 in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. The defense presented a total of two days of testimony to the prosecution’s two ...

Pundit ARTHUR KROCK in the NEW YORK TIMES: THE Fifth Amendment stands in need of defenders because of the motives for which it has been invoked on many occasions in recent times. This may have given a ...

Former President Donald Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment rights and declined to answer questions from the New York attorney general at a scheduled deposition Wednesday. “Under the advice of my ...

Paul G. Summers, a lawyer, is a former appellate and senior judge, district attorney general, and the attorney general of Tennessee. Editor's note: This is a regular feature on issues related to the ...

Believe it or not, congressional Republicans are still investigating Joe Biden — evidently, the former president continues to be old — including a House Oversight Committee interview this week with ...

15:10, Sat, May 30, 2020 Updated: 15:16, Sat, May 30, 2020 Netflix's new documentary series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich was released on Wednesday, May 27. OVer the four episodes, the series looks at ...

Should former Enron chief Kenneth Lay decline to testify regarding his role in the collapse of Enron, he will become the latest in a long line of people to exercise this most American of rights.

Jed I. Bergman and Cynthia M. Jordano summarize the key principles courts generally apply in deciding whether to permit Fifth Amendment adverse inferences in civil suits against corporate defendants.

Stormy Daniels says she was paid by Michael Cohen to keep quiet about a sexual encounter with Mr Trump Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has said he will invoke his constitutional right ...