Posted on 12/11/2015 5:06:54 PM PST by GraceG
[ I’m not saying that we shouldn’t restrict who comes into our country, but if we believe that the government gave us, the citizens, these rights, then that same government can take those rights from us.
But the government did not give them to us. They are rights that all men have. ]
True there are certain inalienable human rights, however the constitution protects the citizens from abuse by the government on certain rights.
We cannot take the life of a non-citizen without due process for instance. However, any of the extra protections that the bill of rights protects can be applied differently to non-citizens. Especially from non-citizens coming from places that don’t believe in inherent rights or who want to do fellow citizens harm thus depriving our fellow citizen of their right to life, liberty, and pursuits of happiness.
You are correct. And foreigners are free to exercise their God given rights. They are not free, however, to exercise them here.
[ It’s not that they have “rights†per se, but a 2003 SCOTUS decision states that foreigners on US soil are accorded the shames in our justice system. ]
When the hell was this ratified by 3/4 of the states?
That being said, liberals do declare "rights" when "privilege" is the correct term. Most things they declare as "rights" are merely humane practice or universal courtesy. Nobody has an inherent right to come to our Nation.
[ That being said, liberals do declare “rights” when “privilege” is the correct term. Most things they declare as “rights” are merely humane practice or universal courtesy. Nobody has an inherent right to come to our Nation. ]
A right costs nothing but to keep tyranny at bay.
A privlidge requires another person to pay for it.
Really?
I need the “Not this shit again guy.”
Why do you as a question and berate the answer? Idiot.
Yes, that is what my comment was intended to illustrate. Natural rights are God given, but the Constitution defines (i) what or who (federal, state, individual) is obligated to defend those rights, and (ii) for whom that obligation is incurred (citizens).
Yeah, well the question was about current US procedure. You answer was simply wrong. You think the DOI is law in this country. It is not.
Exactly.
Well I think that some of it has to do with the fact that our constitution embodies NATURAL RIGHTS and not those GIVEN by the state. If the state can give them they can take them away. Our founders stated we had certain natural rights which mean that they aren’t related to any government but are inherent in our very existence.
What irritates me is that both demoncrat and republicans seem to think they have all sorts of authority through govt to control anyones natural rights citizen or otherwise.
The Constitution of the United States promises to defend the nature rights of US citizens. It does not promise to defend the rights of everybody on planet earth.
in my opinion that is wrong! Non Citizens should NOT have those rights.
where was the berating? Did I miss a post?
And calling people idiot isn’t exactly gonna get your point across dude.
The 14th Amendment guarantees equal protection to all persons, not just U.S. citizens.
Courts and police view it differently and have granted due process to Non-Citizens.
Lately on a lot of posts when a fact is stated, the responses are asinine—as if I have to explain how the Supreme Court works. If the responder doesn’t understand how our government works they should go back to civics class and figure it out. And they should tone down the feigned outrage. It’s beginning to read like a bad Fox News show.
If you were running out the clock so your team could win you would say what Obama says. Just enough to cover the topic but not enough to dissuade his peeps from marching on.
and it still doesn’t make it right.
Yeah, it’s their “constitutional right” to be taken care of with our tax dollars.
It’s their “right” to bankrupt the country.
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