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Lachance Vs. Erickson

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Dec 02, 1997

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  9. U.S. 262 (1997) October Term, 1997 Syllabus Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management V. Erickson
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  10. employment-related misconduct. It is impossible to square the result reached below with the holding in, e. g., Bryson v. United
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  11. Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. McManus
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  12. well established that a criminal defendant's right to testify does not include the right to commit perjury, e. g., Nix v. Whiteside
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  13. U. S. 157 , 173, and that punishment may constitutionally be imposed, e. g., United States v. Wong
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  14. U. S. 174 ,178, or enhanced, e. g., United States v. Dunnigan
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  15. U. S. 87 , 97, because of perjury or the filing of a false affidavit required by statute, e. g., Dennis v. United
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  16. or not, in order to avoid the more severe penalty of removal for falsification is entirely frivolous. United States v. Grayson
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  17. an employee to a criminal prosecution, he may exercise his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. See, e. g., Hale v. Henkel
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  18. in ascertaining the truth or falsity of the charge, might take that failure to respond into consideration, see Baxter v. Palmigiano
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  19. U. S. 308 , 318, but there is nothing inherently irrational about such an investigative posture, see Konigsberg v. State
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  20. agreed with the Board that no penalty could be based on a false denial of the underlying claim. 265 King v. Erickson
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  21. even for purposes of impeachment. McManus v. Department
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  22. MSPR 564, 568 (1995). We granted certiorari in both cases, 521 U. S. 1117 (1997), and now reverse. In Bryson v. United
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  23. The core of due process is the right to notice and a meaningful opportunity to be heard. Cleveland Bd. of Ed. v. Loudermill
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  24. It is well established that a criminal defendant's right to testify does not include the right to commit perjury. Nix v. Whiteside
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  25. U. S. 41 , 54 (1978). Indeed, in United States v. Dunnigan
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  26. jury under oath are likewise required to testify truthfully, on pain of being prosecuted for perjury. United States v. Wong
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  27. Similarly, one who files a 267 false affidavit required by statute may be fined and imprisoned. Dennis v. United
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  28. App. to Pet. for Cert. 16a-17a. But we rejected a similar claim in United States v. Grayson
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  29. expose an employee to a criminal prosecution, he may exercise his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. See Hale v. Henkel
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  30. the truth or falsity of the charge, would take into consideration the failure of the employee to respond. See Baxter v. Palmigiano
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  31. But there is nothing inherently irrational about such an investigative posture. See Konigsberg v. State
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  32. Syllabus Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management V. Erickson
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  33. Bryson v. United
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  34. Lachance, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. McManus
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  35. Dennis v. United
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  36. Konigsberg v. State
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  37. King v. Erickson
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  38. McManus v. Department
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  39. In Bryson v. United
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  40. Cleveland Bd. of Ed. v. Loudermill
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  41. See Hale v. Henkel
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  42. See Baxter v. Palmigiano
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  43. See Konigsberg v. State
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