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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki
Although it is not a criminal charge, the 6th amendment (the right to face accuser) should apply. Or at least the spirit of the 6th amendment.
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The sixth amendment says
“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the Assistance of Counsel for his defence.”
It grants the accused the right to face “witnesses” against him. It does not give the accused the right to confront those who may have brought his actions to the attention of the authorities. In The Villages, the “little old ladies with clipboards” are not necessarily witnesses against the accused. They are more like “confidential informants”. No law gives the accused the right to confront confidential informants for obvious reasons.