What this cartoon is trying to say is that the dog doesnt have to say anything in the court. And if the dog does want to say something then the judge has a way for the dog to say something. So if the dog wants to say yes the dog barks once, and if the dog wants to say no, it barks twice. And if the dog doesnt want to "bark" at all then he can plead the fifth amendment. Meaning he doesnt say a word and thats ok. But it is also like if the dog cant say anything anyways since the dog doesnt speak, so the dog wont really give away valuable and understanding information.
This connects to the fifth amendment because the dog doesnt have to speak if he doesnt want too. Hes protected under the fifth amendment if the dog doesnt want to speak even if it knows something. In the fifth amendment it states that someone "shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself." Wich means that the dog cannot testify against himself. Nor can he snitch on himself. The dog is innocent until proven guilty. The dog can stay quiet about the case hes in.
I think this cartoon is kind of funny. The illustrator uses a dog for an example of "someone" being accussed of something. I think the cartoon brings a good visual idea of what the fifth amendment is about. Which is that someone cannot testify against himself. I also caught that the dog looks scared because he's worried about the case. If he should say anything or not. But Im sure he will plead to the fifth amendment.
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Its not that the dog "doesn't have to speak," its that under the 5th Amendment he doesn't have to answer questions that may incriminate himself. That is the key piece to the Amendment.
ReplyDeleteOverall pretty good.
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