I was invited to give you a taste of a typical law school classroom experience here today

and I thought I would take advantage of this opportunity to do something that's been on my mind

for a while. To stand up and to proudly say, God bless America, God bless the Bill of Rights and thank God for the Fifth Amendment.

I'm not ashamed to say I'm proud of the Fifth Amendment and I'm not, I'm proud to admit on camera and on the internet

that I will never talk to any police officer under any circumstances.

With all due respect, sir.

I'm doing something really extraordinary here today, something you'll almost never see

another law professor do as long as you live.

I'm really putting myself on the spot here.

At my, this was my idea.

By my invitation, I have given up half of my time, approximately.

I'm giving equal time and the last word

to an expert who really knows something

about what I'll be talking about.

So I'm opening myself up to the possibility that he will contradict me.

I was a criminal defense attorney when I was in private practice.

So I want to make sure in fairness to you, if I'm misleading you or giving you a slanted

or one-sided presentation, you'll be or giving you a slanted or one-sided presentation you'll be able to get the

last word from somebody else I'm sure he'll have a lot to teach all of us including

myself.

The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.

And this unfortunate amendment has gotten a bad rap in recent times,

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