Lee, No where in the Constitution does it say it applies to only citizens. In fact, it speaks of "the people."
In Dred Scott, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves had no rights because they were not citizens, but that case has been over turned. Graham vs. Richardson is an example case where non-citizens were given equal protection under the law. By tradition, non-citizens have long be afforded the rights of due process, free speech, the right to assembly, etc. The concept of Natural Law, on which our Constitution is based, says rights are "inalienable" and belong to all people. Unfortunately, we have been ugly events in our past where our cherished values have been violated in times of crisis (the anti-Sedition act during WWI, the internment of Japanese and German CITIZENS during WWII), but we should learn from our mistakes less we be doomed to repeat them. H. -----Original Message----- From: Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:19 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: 100 percent chance of another attack Um Larry. They are not US citizens. The constitution does not apply to them. We would not be incarcerating them. We would simply be telling them to go home for a while. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
