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To: Still Thinking

“Should he have been notified of his right to talk to the consulate? Yea. “

I disagree. He was a foreign national inside the state of Texas committing a crime. The only “rights” he has are those enumerated in constitution and laws of the state of Texas for foreign nationals. If Texas law did not afford him the “right” to talk to the consulate, then he did not have that right.


27 posted on 01/22/2014 3:14:06 PM PST by Soul of the South (Yesterday is gone. Today will be what we make of it.)
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To: Soul of the South

His lawyer isn’t just claiming “Mexico wasn’t notified”. They’ve tried putting out the “mentally retarded” meme.

Bill Clinton executed a mentally retarded man while he was governor. Had to show he was tough on crime in the run up to the 1992 election.


41 posted on 01/22/2014 3:33:27 PM PST by a fool in paradise ("Health care is too important to be left to the government.")
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To: Soul of the South
I disagree. He was a foreign national inside the state of Texas committing a crime. The only “rights” he has are those enumerated in constitution and laws of the state of Texas for foreign nationals. If Texas law did not afford him the “right” to talk to the consulate, then he did not have that right.

"...all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the Supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby..." (U.S. Constitution, Article VI).

51 posted on 01/22/2014 3:56:32 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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