If you ever find yourself exposed to a far right Irish blowhard who demands respect for their First Amendment rights, you can ask them why they are trying to declare a national Emergency on the onset of World War II.
@Simon McGarr In Canada we have a legal rule that if someone says they take the 5th they mean they are invoking their rights to counsel and against self-incrimination, which is nice.
@Lúnasa Healy-Rae-Nua @Simon McGarr Oh no! The 5th ammendment is building a bridge to PEI. But if someone says in court or the cops why wanna take the 5th, we don't force them to build a bridge, we let them shut up
I tried pleading the fifth here in Ireland: Me: I plead the Fifth! Garda: That is your right, sir, and be assured, we will not give special consideration to the Catholic Church during the course of this interview.
Me: I plead the Fifth! Plod: Of course, ma'am, let me check the wording on the copy I always carry with me. *pantomimes reaching for his wallet, opening it, removing a small invisible piece of paper, unfolding it, unfolding it, unfolding it, unfolding it, unfolding it, peering at halfway down, down a bit, down a bit, down a bit, down a bit, slaps forehead* We don't have a constitution!
@cdonnellySRE @sothach @silverwizard I think there was a point at the height of the pandemic when the freemen COVID denialist lot were trying to invoke Magna Carta
@IanMoore3000 @sothach @silverwizard Lots of interesting stuff in Magna Carta! Were they invoking Clause 13? I wonder how London handled the Plague in terms of governance...
@cdonnellySRE @sothach @silverwizard All the more bizarre because Ireland is a separate country so I don't think Magna Carta ever applied here (however I am open to correction on that as it might have been incorporated into Irish law at some stage).
@IanMoore3000 @sothach @silverwizard Oh gosh, I thought you meant the UK freemen COVID denialist lot, not the Ireland freeman COVID denialist lot. Even worse!
Plus they would have to prove that they were in fact a Baron or the Catholic Church for it to apply to them, whereas they were most likely smelly, unwashed serfs or peasants.
As a journalist I have a special fondness for the second amendment, which allows for minor editing to correct typos and clean up ambiguities in the original prose.
![AMENDING ACTS
SHORT TITLE
First Amendment of the Constitution Act,
1939
[Extended to conflicts in which the State
is not a participant the provision for a
state of emergency to secure the public
safety and preservation of the State
in time of war or armed rebellion.]](https://convenient.email/photo/preview/640/6084133 "AMENDING ACTS
SHORT TITLE
First Amendment of the Constitution Act,
1939
[Extended to conflicts in which the State
is not a participant the provision for a
state of emergency to secure the public
safety and preservation of the State
in time of war or armed rebellion.]")
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Garda: That is your right, sir, and be assured, we will not give special consideration to the Catholic Church during the course of this interview.
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in reply to Roy Phillips ⚙️ • • •@sothach @silverwizard I tried in the UK.
Me: I plead the Fifth!
Plod: Of course, ma'am, let me check the wording on the copy I always carry with me. *pantomimes reaching for his wallet, opening it, removing a small invisible piece of paper, unfolding it, unfolding it, unfolding it, unfolding it, unfolding it, peering at halfway down, down a bit, down a bit, down a bit, down a bit, slaps forehead* We don't have a constitution!
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in reply to IanMoore3000 • • •Lots of interesting stuff in Magna Carta! Were they invoking Clause 13? I wonder how London handled the Plague in terms of governance...
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in reply to cdonnelly • • •All the more bizarre because Ireland is a separate country so I don't think Magna Carta ever applied here (however I am open to correction on that as it might have been incorporated into Irish law at some stage).
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It's possible they were thinking of Irish Magna Carta, although the smelly peasant problem would still apply.
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