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The Case of the Fifth-Amendment Professors

The courts of last resort of California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have recently grappled with the Supreme Court’s decision in April of last year in Slochower v. Board, of Higher Education of the City of New York. In that case the Court, five to four, held unconstitutional Section 903 of the City Charter providing that any employee who invoked the Fifth Amendment before a duly authorized investigating body automatically lost his job. Slochower had invoked the Amendment before the Senate Inters nal Security Committee.

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The Case of the Fifth-Amendment Professors

The courts of last resort of California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have recently grappled with the Supreme Court’s decision in April of last year in Slochower v. Board, of Higher Education of the City of New York. In that case the Court, five to four, held unconstitutional Section 903 of the City Charter providing that any employee who invoked the Fifth Amendment before a duly authorized investigating body automatically lost his job. Slochower had invoked the Amendment before the Senate Inters nal Security Committee.