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What is one of the primary objectives of the Twenty-fifth Amendment?
Lowered the voting age
What is the origin of the percent sign?
One percent is one per hundred, or 100. The one was turned into a slash, and the zeros were put on opposite sides of the slash, creating the %.
In what year was the fifth amendment established?
The fifth amendment was ratified in 1791.
What does taking the 5th mean?
"Taking the fifth" or "pleading the fifth" means invoking the protection of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution--the one that guarantees us the right not to incriminate ourselves. As a witness on the witness stand in court, you can refuse to answer a question if you think the answer might put you in a bad spot with respect to the law. The Wikipedia article on the Fith Amendment (link below) says this: "The Fifth Amendment protects witnesses from being forced to incriminate themselves. To 'plead the fifth' is a refusal to answer a question because the response could form self incriminating evidence."
What does it mean to take the fifth?
The Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution states that a person may not be forced to incriminate himself . To take the fifth, means that you want to use that right. Taking the fifth, may not be used as an admission of guilt.
