Some of my Libertarian friends and I were talking the other night, and conversation turned to the 5th amendment. The question was, suppose somebody developed a harmless drug whose only effect was to make it IMPOSSIBLE to tell a lie for several hours. Anybody taking the drug would be COMPELLED to answer any question put to them honestly. If such a drug were available would you support amending the 5th amendment to allow the courts to compel testimony against yourself? Suppose a judge were assigned to each witness in order to make sure the questioning was done within the framework of the rest of the Constitution. What do you think, good idea or bad? Please don't answer with, "That's technically impossible" or other critiques of the plausibility of the scenario. Use your imagination or else don't bother responding. Thanks, and I look forward to seeing what people have to say.
2007-11-27
05:28:27
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