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To: Wolfstar

"This is the second significant error by the government affecting the constitutional rights of this defendant" ....I understood the defendent was NOT a US citizen and consequently has NO "constitutional rights" .....am I wrong here ? !


114 posted on 03/13/2006 5:39:33 PM PST by mo
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To: mo
I understood the defendent was NOT a US citizen and consequently has NO "constitutional rights" .....am I wrong here ? !

Most rights delineated in amendments I-X apply to "persons", not "citizens", as in "No person shall be held to answer for a capital or other offense....", so, yes, you're wrong.

117 posted on 03/13/2006 7:48:20 PM PST by Jim Noble (And you know what I'm talkin' 'bout!)
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