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Portrait of Hugo Black Hugo Black One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania…

For these reasons I cannot agree that because we ourselves might believe the practice of obtaining evidence in that manner 'shocks the conscience' or is 'shabby' or 'arbitrary,' we are commanded or even authorized by the Constitution to prevent its use as evidence. That seems to me to be amending the Constitution, which is the business of the people, not interpreting it, which is the business of the courts. But the Fifth Amendment does specifically provide that 'No person * * * shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself,' and this Court held in Boyd v.
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