In a movie, you hear an actor say, “I choose to remain silent.” This is also known as pleading the __________, a reference to the amendment that gives a person the right to remain silent.
The fifth amendment talks about the legal process and other aspects of the Constitution, I am part of the Bill of Rights of the United States. Its guarantees come from British Common Law as established in the Magna Carta in 1215. The Supreme Court usually extends the protection of this amendment with the Due Process Clause in the XIV Amendment.
