On Thu, 2007-01-18 at 10:15 -0500, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > 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? Maybe the American found fighting for the Taliban in Afghanistan during the Afghan invasion? > > > > 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 > °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° > So your constitution makes it illegal to lock up and torture US citizens but its not illegal to lock up and torture none US citizens, - without due course to a court and proof they are guilty. Its this two tier form of democracy that the Arab states are so suspicious of. -- Registered Linux user number 414240 Guy Fawkes the only person to enter the Parliament with honest intentions and he was going to blow them up
