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To: MadameAxe
Well, if the Bill of Rights is, as I believe, an enumeration of our natural rights then..."

The right to a speedy trial is not an unalienable right.

Few rights in the Bill of Rights are unalienable.

Even life and liberty can be deprived, if due process of law is adhered to, as it says in the 5th Amendment.

57 posted on 12/02/2001 9:32:36 AM PST by H.Akston
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To: H.Akston
Apologies; I'm multitasking this morning. I should have chosen my words differently.

I notice people on the thread are talking about the 14th and other amendments. Yet the phrase "Bill of Rights" refers only to the first ten amendments.

Would you agree that the BOR is a mechanism for limiting the scope of government in order to protect our unalienable rights?

Which one or more of the first ten amendments do you believe should not apply to non-citizens?

116 posted on 12/02/2001 10:37:27 AM PST by MadameAxe
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