The 5th amendment
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Fifth amendment
The Sixth Amendment
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5th amendment. "No person... shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself."
The Sixth Amendment
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The 5th Amendment to the US Constitution provides that no one can be compelled to be a witness against himself.
NO amendment says a person has the right to testify against himself (which is true), but there is one that says the opposite.The Fifth Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, says that no citizen can be forced to testify against themselvesi.e. you have the right to NOT testify against yourself.In popular culture, "taking the Fifth" means "invoking your right against self-incrimination."
The Fifth Amendment protects the right to avoid incriminating yourself. A defendant can plead the Fifth Amendment if a lawyer asks a question that the defendant would incriminate himself or herself by answering truthfully.
The Fifth Amendment projects each citizen of the US from being forced to testify against himself; it also allows him to procure a lawyer and defend himself in court.
You are asking about the 5th amendment. It is called taking the 5th.