5th Amendment facts
While investigating facts about 5th Amendment, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Your fingerprint is not protected under the 5th amendment. Therefore police can force you to unlock a phone with fingerprint locks, but not password locks
You have to report illegally earned money to the IRS. Illegally earned money reported to the IRS is protected under the 5th amendment.
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across. Here are 12 of the best facts about 5th Amendment I managed to collect.
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Your phone's PIN/passcode is protected by the 5th Amendment
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The 5th Amendment gives all US citizens in all 50 states the right to refuse a Field Sobriety Test
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Prohibition ended in the United States on December 5th, 1933 when the 21st Amendment was passed. This day is referred to as Repeal Day.
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Even though the 5th and 6th amendment granted the accused the right to counsel, it wasn't 1963 when the government ruled that counsel would be provided to those who could not afford it.
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Your fingerprint is not protected under the 5th amendment. Therefore, police can force you to unlock your phone if you use fingerprint locks.
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U.S. Supreme Court common law classifies Native Americans as a political group, not a racial or ethnic minority. Accordingly,the constitutional protections afforded by the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th and 5th Amendments do not apply to Native Americans. See Morton v. Mancari (1974)
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Silence can be used against you. Instead, verbally invoke your 5th amendment rights, then remain silent
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Your Password Is Protected Under the 5th Amendment But Not Your Fingerprint
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The 5th Amendment, and Miranda Rights were derived in part from the work of a British political Leveller nicknamed Freeborn John, who coined the term "freeborn rights", or rights all humans are born with.
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A felon can't be charged with failing to register a fire arm because it would violate their 5th amendment rights to have registered.
