Don't count on it, though. This money is locked up until retirement for a very good reason: If you spend it now, you risk jeopardizing your financial security when you're older. If you can't get the money anywhere else, your best option is probably a loan. Many defined contribution plans allow you to borrow against the amount in your account.
A Guide to the Fifth Amendment. The Fifth Amendment, or Amendment V of the United States Constitution is the section of the Bill of Rights that protects you from being held for committing a crime unless you have been indicted correctly by the police.
The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution limit the power of the federal and state governments to discriminate. The private sector is not directly constrained by the Constitution. The Fifth Amendment has an explicit requirement that the Federal Government not deprive individuals of life, liberty, or property, without due process of the law and an implicit guarantee that each person receive equal protection of the laws.