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To: SWAMPSNIPER
The only rights mentioned in the Constitution are INALIENABLE rights!

The "...right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed..." is not an inalienable right.

“Shall not be infringed” means exactly what it sounds like!

Granted, but to understand that meaning you have to understand the meaning of "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms".

33 posted on 12/31/2011 8:07:13 AM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: KrisKrinkle
KrisKrinkle said: The "...right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed..." is not an inalienable right.

How did you determine this?

I don't agree. The right to a speedy trial is little different from the right to defend yourself if attacked. An unjustified charge of criminality deprives one of the inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

If an attacker attempts to deprive you of your life, you have an inalienable right to defend yourself.

If the attacker happens to be the state, we artificially allow the state to prepare a speedy trial. Failing to do so makes the state indistinguishable from any other attacker.

67 posted on 12/31/2011 10:37:57 AM PST by William Tell
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