re: #38 Obdicut

The Fifth Amendment is often used by those who have committed crimes to shield themselves from self-incrimination. That is not an abuse of it.

It has also been used by those who were not criminals to avoid being forced to make incriminating or unduly revealing personal revelations.

Any senator or public figure who invokes the Fifth in a hearing generally earns my disturst, but not just any private citizen in any case.