In re Cohen

In order to appreciate the force of today’s decision, it must be borne in mind that we are concerned not with the necessarily vague contours of the Due Process Clause of the Federal Constitution, but with the specific provision of the Constitution of this State that no person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself (art. I, § 6). Eecent Supreme Court decisions (Lerner v. Casey, 357 U. S. 468; Beilan v. Board of Educ., 357 U. S. 399; and Nelson v. Los Angeles County, 362 U. S. 1), whatever their bearing on the present problem, are, therefore, not dispositive of this case. In other…