[Cboldt]

I just saw a blurb on C-span that said that Justice Scalia said in a speech that the Constitution gives NO RIGHTS to detainees...

Justice Scalia Announces Opposition to Trials in Civil Courts for Alien Military Detainees
Supreme Court: Detainees' Rights - Scalia Speaks His Mind

Scalia's position regarding military detention and absence of access to Article III courts depends on 1) the citizenship of the detainee (see Hamdi case) and 2) the circumstances surrounding taking the detainee into custody. In other words, it's not an "all detainee" principle.

I am thinking that then he would have to say that ILLEGALS have no Constitutional rights as well, right?

I never researched that. My guess is that he would NOT hold that no aspect of the Constitution applies to illegal immigrants. Fourth and fifth amendments, for example.

[Txsleuth]

Great...thanks for that---the blurb obviously was not enought information...

I have to leave for about an hour...check back in then.

[Cboldt]

The language can be so arcane that even people who track immigration policy might have been hard pressed to follow the conversation on ABC's "This Week" between the host, George Stephanopoulos, and the Senate majority leader, Bill Frist. In one 10-second exchange, Mr. Frist said he was for enforcement, and Mr. Stephanopoulos asked if Mr. Frist was also for guest worker, to which Mr. Frist replied that he was for guest worker but against amnesty.

Kiss Me, I'm Illegal - New York Times - PAUL VITELLO - March 26, 2006