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Who does the Bill of Rights cover?
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| 2 Dec 01
| Bob Barr
Posted on 12/02/2001 8:50:01 AM PST by H.Akston
Bob Barr just said on Sam and Cokie's show that the Bill of Rights is part of the Constitution, and the Constitution covers "persons", not just citizens, and "the Bill of Rights applies to all persons on our soil."
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To: tex-oma
Barr didn't give any reasons. He just blurted it out, much like your ejaculations herein.
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12/02/2001 9:05:41 AM PST
by
H.Akston
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To: tex-oma
if everyone here has protection of the Bill of Rights then illegals have the same rights as you. either they cannot be raided or you can.
To: abclily; tex-oma
It isn't that simple. How can it be, otherwise, that Jewish groups (as an example) can take German (as an example) companies to court in America to demand repayments of their money?
To: MadameAxe
No they're not "given to us by the Constitution", but the Constitution is OUR device for protecting them. It's not a Frenchman's device, or an Al-Queda terrorists device, whether or not he's physically in America.
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12/02/2001 9:07:53 AM PST
by
H.Akston
To: abclily
I agree with you.
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
During the debates on the adoption of the Constitution, its opponents repeatedly charged that the Constitution as drafted would open the way to tyranny by the central government. Fresh in their minds was the memory of the British violation of civil rights before and during the Revolution. They demanded a "bill of rights" that would spell out the immunities of individual citizens. Several state conventions in their formal ratification of the Constitution asked for such amendments; others ratified the Constitution with the understanding that the amendments would be offered.
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posted on
12/02/2001 9:08:46 AM PST
by
mdittmar
To: Gumlegs
Police murder citizens in police raids. That's clearly a violation of the Bill or Rights.
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To: MadameAxe
If a foreign person requests asylum and it is granted, then he's covered. But that has to happen. If we don't grant it, they don't get that protection. Barr made a blanket statement that could have applied to Al-Quadas in this country, who haven't requested asylum. I can't believe I'm having to explain this.
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12/02/2001 9:11:51 AM PST
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H.Akston
To: mdittmar
Bless you.
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posted on
12/02/2001 9:12:19 AM PST
by
H.Akston
To: H.Akston
I usually agree with Bob Barr, but in this case I feel he made a serious blooper.
To: tex-oma
Lol, I know. But if you proclaim the belief that individuals have unalienable rights, which means it seems to me, that they are inherent, i.e. they cannot be granted by anyone nor taken away, then, surely that goes for each and every human being. After all, your constitution is a product of the Enlightenment which made claims on universality.
To: tex-oma
that's a neat little trick. do you understand logical thought? if, then, else? i thought not.
i suppose now you'll tell us you have no problem with Osama's boys exercising their 'rights' under the second amendment. They can walk into a gun shop, go through the background check, and walk out with a gun and head straight to the airplane with your husband and kids on it.
To: tex-oma
The first ten amendments say what they say. Look at the text of each -- e.g.
Third -- "No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house" [Not, "in the house of any citizen"]
Fifth -- "No person shall be held to answer for a . . . crime [except by indictment, etc.]" [not "no citizen . . . ."].
Some amendments are limited to citizens: Fifteenth -- "The right of citizens . . . to vote shall not be denied [on account of race]."
Read the text of each, and you'll see who they apply to.
To: tex-oma
And you have no problem with non-citizens voting...
To: go star go
Police murder citizens in police raids. That's clearly a violation of the Bill or Rights.Always, in every raid? As a matter of policy?
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12/02/2001 9:19:05 AM PST
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Gumlegs
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To: H.Akston
You are both wrong.
The Bill of Rights does not grant anybody anything. Our founders believed that rights were inherent and existed independent of the government. Both the Constitution and the BoR embody this philosophy. The BoR is the short list of rights the government cannot legally infringe. The BoR is not a grant of privilege to the "people" but a set of restrictions on the power of the State. It says things like, "Congress shall make no law" and, "the right of the people shall not be infringed." Try reading the Bill of Rights sometime: It applies to the government not the 'people'.
To: Gumlegs
It's a matter of policy if you have a gun, have committed no crime, and use your gun to defend your home from what you perceive to be home invaders.
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