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To: H.Akston
I wish I'd come on the thread earlier, so more people could read my reply and not be confused by you. Lately I've become a sort of point man on the Constitution.

Doesn't he realize that the Bill of Rights and the Constitution clearly identifies who is covered by the words "WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES", and that not everyone on this soil is "OF THE UNITED STATES"?

Okay, you're evidently confused about what "we the people of the United States" refers to in the Constitution. It's not the people covered by the Constitution. For one thing, the Constitution is the charter of government, so everyone under the government is covered, by definition. "We the people of the United States," for several stated reasons, "do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." It's a citation of the authority issuing the Constitution. If the president signed something starting out, "I, George W. Bush, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States..." you wouldn't think it only applied to him, would you? Same thing here.

If you want to see who has certain protections, look to the sections about those protections.

130 posted on 12/02/2001 11:03:10 AM PST by A.J.Armitage
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To: A.J.Armitage
If you want to see who has certain protections, look to the sections about those protections.

What sections or amendments do you think apply to non citizens?

132 posted on 12/02/2001 11:10:36 AM PST by Gumption
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To: A.J.Armitage
I wish I'd come on the thread earlier, so more people could read my reply and not be confused by you. Lately I've become a sort of point man on the Constitution.

Announcement: All kneel before AJ!

193 posted on 12/02/2001 1:18:32 PM PST by WhiteKnuckles
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To: A.J.Armitage
"so everyone under the government is covered, by definition"

So who is and isn't "under the government"?

Where do you get off having our government protecting the free speech and liberty of illegals who are on our soil? That's an inevitable consequence of what Barr said. He made no exceptions.

Deport'em. Get them out of here.

282 posted on 12/02/2001 4:19:38 PM PST by H.Akston
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