What “pleading the Fifth” actually means

Dr. Anthony Fauci recently invoked the Fifth Amendment in a Senate Hearing. This hour: we take a look at our Constitution's Fifth Amendment to learn why it exists and what it means for all of us. GUESTS: Akhil Reed Amar: Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. His latest book is: Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920, which was a winner of the annual Abraham Lincoln Institute Book Prize James Duane: Teaches at Regent Law School. He is the author of You Have the Right to Remain Innocent: What Police Officers Tell Their Children about the Fifth Amendment. His YouTube video “Don't Talk to the Police” has over 21 million views Clay Risen: Reporter and editor at The New York Times, and the author of Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America Music featured (in order): A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band Take the Fifth – Spoon When You Say Nothing At All – Alison Krauss Take the Fifth Amendment – Joe Tex Lawyers, Guns and Money – Warren Zevon Exhuming McCarthy – R.E.M. Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.