The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend. Do you agree or disagree with that assessment of the Fifth Amendment? Why?

I do agree with the above statement because of what the Amendment stands for and protects. I personally am a believer in the old adage that's its better to let one thousand guilty go free than to convict an innocent man and the Fifth amendment lines up with my beliefs. This is an amendment that's about protecting the common man from a potentially cold government and tyrannical government. It guarantees a certain level of civility …

…is to say, the power to take private property. The Fifth Amendment provides that private property may only be taken for public use if just compensation is paid. One of the major reasons for the installation of this amendment in the constitution dealt with the Framers past experiences in relation to England. Many of the Framers had experienced first hand the tyranny of an English king and the harmful effects of a lack of democracy.