Tim May wrote:
Amendment, the Fifth Amendment, and the C. in general. There certain is no "requirement to cooperate."
Where to do otherwise intelligent people pick up these bizarre ideas?
Probably because of all the heretofore unheard of things happening to people in the courts these days. My attorneys recently spent some time explaining to me about the new trend in Wisconsin courts and police. It seems that if they are "investigating" a crime, and you become "uncooperative" in any way -- not meaning you have to incriminate yourself, just "uncooperative" -- they charge you with obstructing an officer, a class C felony. And it generally sticks. Apparently no one thus far has taken it into fed court, or at least been successful in getting it overturned, and it's become a real threat. Interesting times we live in. -- Harmon Seaver, MLIS CyberShamanix Work 920-203-9633 Home 920-233-5820 hseaver@cybershamanix.com http://www.cybershamanix.com/resume.html