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Does the 5th amendment not apply in this situation?


Still undetermined at the federal level. Are the contents of your computer evidence (like papers in a safe) or testimony. Most precedent points to the former, and if the Boucher case actually gets appealed to the circuit level (or even the supremes) then the odds are strongly against it being protected by the 5th.


Hm, you are probably right - I'm used to thinking about things from a civil suit perspective.

http://volokh.com/posts/1197670606.shtml




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