On Thursday 18 January 2007 10:15, 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? > Where is Jose Padilla now? >> 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 >°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2007 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
