does the constitution state you have the right to remain silent
Right to silence The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that no person shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself or herself.[72][73] At trial, the prosecution can neither call the defendant as a witness, nor comment on the defendant's failure to testify.[74] Whether to testify or not is exclusively the privilege of the defendant,[75][76] although defendants were originally not allowed to testify on their own behalf at all.[77] An 1864 appropriations act allowed defendants to do so while removing race restrictions,[78] and the 1987 Supreme Court case Rock v. Arkansas established a constitutional "right to take the witness stand."[77]
Civil liberties All people, irrespective of race, religion, caste or sex, have the right to approach the High Courts or the Supreme Court for the enforcement of their fundamental rights. It is not necessary that the aggrieved party has to be the one to do so. In public interest, anyone can initiate litigation in the court on their behalf. This is known as "Public interest litigation".[3] High Court and Supreme Court judges can also act on their own on the basis of media reports.
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Article Two of the United States Constitution The President must give the Congress information on the "State of the Union" "from time to time." This is called the State of the Union Clause.[19] Originally, Presidents personally delivered annual addresses to Congress. Thomas Jefferson, who felt that the procedure resembled the speech from the throne delivered by British monarchs, chose instead to send written messages to Congress for reading by clerks. Jefferson's procedure was followed by future Presidents until Woodrow Wilson reverted to the former procedure of personally addressing Congress, which has continued to this day[update].[19]