To: Polybius
Constitutional Rights are only guaranteed to citizen owners of the USA.
It is about time we understood that and I am happy to see that it has even sunk into the thick heads of office holding public servants.
Nukem
27 posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:09 PM PST by
Alas
To: Alas
Constitutional Rights are only guaranteed to citizen owners of the USA. Absolutely not true, both from a judicial perspective (i.e., countless court decisions are clear on the fact that non-citizens *ARE* guaranteed constitutional rights), and from a philosophical perspective (the American system is founded on the concept that these rights are "endowed by the creator" to all people, and not just people with American citizenship).
29 posted on
11/16/2001 1:09:11 PM PST by
Dan Day
To: Alas
"Constitutional Rights are only guaranteed to citizen owners of the USA.
It is about time we understood that..."
Please state the basis of your opinion that the Bill of Rights of the Constitution does not apply to all persons present in the United States, citizen and non-citizen alkike. I believe that it does apply to both citizens and non-citizens, including illegal aliens.
We try non-citizens all the time in criminal courts, observing all Constitutional safeguards. Why we would do this if they have no Constitutional rights.
If you can cite any case law on this subject, I would be pleased to read it. Maybe when people who make such a starling statement as you have made would go to the trouble of supporting it, will be the time that we understand what you are saying to be true.
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