On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 23:37 -0600, Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 22:20:23 -0500, > Lyvim Xaphir <knightmerc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Phil is a United States citizen. As such he would not have been put in > > Gitmo. Club Gitmo is reserved for non-US combatants; as such they do > > not fall under the purview of the US Constitution. > > Bush claims to be able to declare anyone an emeny combatant and then be > able have done pretty whatever he wants to you. What US citizens have been declared enemy combatants? > The US constitution protects the rights of noncitizens (at least it used to) > as well as citizens. "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." The Constitution's primary purpose is to outline the rights of US citizens, not non-citizens. That's what the Constitution does. Which is the whole reason non-citizens are trying to become US citizens in the first place. LX -- °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Off Topic or Political Discussions: http://mandrakeot.mdw1982.com/ http://www.mdw1982.com/mailman/listinfo/mandrakeot "Character is what you do when nobody's looking." - J.C. Watts °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°
