The Supreme Court has held that the contents of an existing document are not protected by the Fifth Amendment since the preparations of those documents were not compelled by the government.

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The Supreme Court has ruled that the Fifth Amendment does not protect individuals from being compelled to produce existing documents, even if the contents might be incriminating, because the act of producing the documents is not considered compelled testimony if the documents were voluntarily prepared and not at the government's request.

The Supreme Court Has Held That the Contents of an Existing