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Old 09-09-2009, 11:47 AM   #20
JPhillips
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Originally Posted by molson View Post
From other threads, a lot of people seem to think that foreign terrorists have constitutional rights. Shouldn't those same people think foreign entities have a constitutional right to free speach?

And lots of people want to prosecute corporations criminally, which of course means that corporations have certain constitutional rights in that process. But do we only give them rights associated with criminal procedure, and restrict them from others we don't want them to have (like free speech)?

If we just mix and match and pick and choose who has which constitutional right, based on how desirable the outcome is, what does the constitution matter?

Not sure who you mean since I've never argued that foreign born terrorists have constitutional rights.

It's amazing that you can make so many complaints about generalizations.
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