• Madison420@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yes, that doesn’t at all change what I’ve said.

    In civil cases, “the Fifth Amendment does not forbid adverse inferences against parties to civil actions when they refuse to testify in response to probative evidence offered against them.” (Baxter v. Palmigiano (1976) 425 U.S. 308, 318.)