What plead the fifth means

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I

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plead the fifth what does this mean why

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did she say I plead the fifth well the

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word plead means I beg please please I'm

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begging and the fifth what in the world

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is the fifth why not the fourth the

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tenth why is there a number here well

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this is

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referencing the Constitution of the

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United States in the Constitution the

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Fifth Amendment says you don't need to

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say anything that is going to

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incriminate you in court but when your

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friend was talking to you about kissing

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a girl on a date was he worried about

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going to court or going to jail no so

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let's talk about the original meaning of

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this expression the political meaning

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and then we'll talk about how it got

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interpreted in daily conversation well

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let's imagine that you're driving really

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fast and a policeman pulls you over and

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you roll down your window and he says

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excuse me have you been drinking alcohol

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have you been smoking weed have you been

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doing drugs you could say I plead the

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fifth and this means you know that it's

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the law you don't have to say anything

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to him that could make you get in

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trouble