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To: steverino62
So, much as I despise Islamofascists, one can make a legitimate argument that Amendment IV on its face also appears to protect enemy aliens on American soil.

This is proof that you know nothing about the constitution and are mentally unsuitable to trust.

The constitution provides for the common defense, not for the defense of enemies.

Your argument reinforces the call for a review of all illegal immigrants on the basis that they are here. Deporting non-citizens (illegal aliens) would be wrong because they deserve all the rights and privileges of the constitution just because they are on US soil.

24 posted on 06/24/2007 5:21:43 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
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To: Erik Latranyi

I do not presume to be an authority on the Constitution - my expertise is foreign affairs - but I’m hardly ignorant about it. Ask yourself: the Founders were intelligent men so why did they write “the people” if “citizens” would suffice? They must have had a reason. So a plain English reading of the document now makes one “mentally unsuitable?” Laughable.

One purpose of the Constitution is indeed to “provide for the commen defence” but aren’t you forgetting something? It also exists to “secure the blessings of liberty” and, not to mince words, this country loses its raison d’etre to the extent that it fails to accomplish that purpose. In other words, my loyalty is to the Constitution, not the flag. The flag is merely a symbol - the Constitution is the real thing.

Regarding illegal aliens - so you’re saying that lawbreaking is a constitutional right? I’m not. Establishing the conditions of entry and citizenship is a clear federal responsibility; one penalty of illegal entry into the country is deportation. I support that. I do not support, and neither should anyone else, a stance whereby aliens, for instance, have no freedom of religion, are subject to cruel and unusual punishment, or lack the due process guarantees of Amendments IV-VIII.


26 posted on 06/24/2007 5:58:44 AM PDT by steverino62
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