An excellent question and delemma Kly. I usually confine my class's constitutional discussions to conflicts arising from the provisions of the 1st amendment. However, your's is one that I will definitely present to class.
Wouldn't the remedy be use immunity? If memory serves me right, I think the courts have generally sided with compelling such testimony, but with limitations. Is that correct?
I think the remedy here IS use immunity, however that's somewhat tricky. What it means is thewitness can incriminate himself, but that single act of self incrimination can never be used against him or her in a subsequent proceeding. The problem is that if the person is a suspect, or of the authorities have narrowed it down to two individuals, the admission may lead to an arrest anyway.
