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To: Sparticle
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

Please show me where these lines written by the Zionist New York poet Emma Lazarus appear in the U.S. Constitution or any other of this country's ruling documents. Put up or shut up.

205 posted on 10/18/2001 11:54:23 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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To: Bernard Marx
"Put up or shut up"

Well, where to begin? The Alien & Sedition Acts were repealed the election of Thomas Jefferson, so they were never tested in Supreme Court. But there are plenty of opinions as to their lack of constitutionality. You might start with the Kentucky Resolutions, drafted by Thomas Jefferson,, or the Virginia Resolutions, drafted by James Madison. There are also many law review articles on the subject.

207 posted on 10/18/2001 12:05:53 PM PDT by Sparticle
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To: Bernard Marx
“We humbly conceive the spirit of American Liberty breathes a different air, from this Law.”
Petition from Aliens Residing in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, January 4, 1802
211 posted on 10/18/2001 12:22:04 PM PDT by Sparticle
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To: Bernard Marx
Here is some more:

Secondly, the Alien and Sedition Acts violated the Bill of Rights in another way; the Alien Enemies Law contrasted with the sixth amendment, which is written in this way: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of Counsel for his defence. Of the seven rights guaranteed a person by this amendment, the Alien Enemies Law disallowed six. Someone accused of suspicious behavior while in wartime, who comes from the country against which America is warring, is guaranteed no speedy and public trial. Neither would he be granted an impartial jury, nor confrontation with witnesses, nor process for obtaining witnesses, nor counsel for his defense. This law gave the president the power to simply dictate the expulsion of political dissenters at will. This is a clear violation of the Constitution, and to uphold it would, as the Sedition Law would, undermine the very foundation of the government.

213 posted on 10/18/2001 12:32:25 PM PDT by Sparticle
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