Right from the beginning of the US the courts decided that foreign nationals have almost all the rights of American citizens. But what the hey, they're only furriners anyways.
>> I was just looking at another article about that. This is the third >> time this administration has been told that they cannot disregard the >> constitution. Third. I doubt they will pay any more attention this >> time. I did however enjoy the fact that Blackwater no longer seems to >> be immune. > >I don't have the time or energy to start a debate on this but I do >have to ask this question: >Are Constitutional protections and right supposed to be extended to >foreign nationals who are brought into US custody (and only onto US >soil by extension of military ownership) during a military activity? > >As you consider the answer to this question, also consider the fact >that the military personnel who watch over them are not afforded full >Constitutional protections, being under the rule of the Uniform Code >of Military Justice. > >I guess the court's answer is that they are... something that bothers >me on a number of levels. I can see them being extended to those who >are on US soil and commit crimes that fall under the civil/criminal >law. > >Hatton > >-- >PJ O'Rourke - "You can't get rid of poverty by giving people money." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:261810 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
