I am not a student of the Constitution, nor have I ever claimed to have read it in it’s entirety, but I know some of you are and have. It is to you that I pose this question….
Does being on United States soil give you the same inalienable rights as an American citizen?
Does being a prisoner in the United States mean you are guaranteed all the same rights as me?
If you are an illegal alien or even a terrorist does that mean you get to be represented by a public defendant and have the right to a fair trial by a jury of your “peers”?
This boggles my mind.
![Reblog this post [with Zemanta]](http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_e.png?x-id=d1e50f04-8e3d-4162-b9ba-6c56b8ae58a6)
{ 5 comments… read them below or add one }
The Declaration of Independance, The Constitution and the Bill Of Rights do not take long to read. A short fiction novel will take longer.
Are you suggesting that they do not deserve a “fair” trial? Perhaps an unfair trial is warranted? Like deciding that they are terrorists before they have even had a trial.
Yes, I think if you are on our soil you get to play by our rules both good and bad. You have the right to a fair trial, but if you are gay you don’t get to get married.
See, trade offs.
no, not an unfair trial per se, but I am not ok with a public defender or a jury of their “peers”. WHo is a “peer” to the Khalid SHeik guy? How can he or any of his cohorts possibly get a “FAIR” trial in NY?
A very cheap way to read the Constitution is to go into any bookstore and open the new Glenn Beck book, “Arguing With Idiots.” Chapter 12 has the Constitution along with an explanation of each article and what the founders were thinking when they wrote it. Even extends it to the “Bill Of Rights” if you have the time.