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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Debate & Discussion > Michigan Supreme Court: Law enforcement now immune to perjury
 
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TROIKA CURES GREEK
Jun 30, 2015

by R. Guyovich

Mercrom posted:

I'm not even American I'm just curious about the philosophy behind the laws.

Aren't you always automatically under the umbrella of the fifth amendment? If your boss asks you something you can be silent, or plead the fifth or whatever. There isn't much point though since he doesn't have the unique authority to take your property or lock you in his basement or execute you. It doesn't disallow him from preventing you from working on his property or wielding his authority. Why does the government have less rights in this regard?

Because it's the government, the whole point of the constitution is to give the government less rights to limit things like free speech than a private interest can. Many government workers are more protected in this regard, actually, in the sense that it's much harder to fire a government worker for what they said on facebook than a private employer.

TROIKA CURES GREEK fucked around with this message at 18:17 on Jun 26, 2016

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