Reply #84: Not really. Constitutional rights and human rights are different.

[Wizard777]

I'm real big fan of human rights and even the guy that authored the first known document on human rights. That's Cyrus the Great of the Persian Empire. Some of our Constitutional rights are duplications of human rights like freedom of religion. Not a real popular subject around here. But a human right none the less. But our Constitutional rights are protection from governmental power. Why in the hell would you or anyone else want to offer protections from our government to foreigners hell bent on destroying Americans and America? The very government constitutionally charged with stopping these individuals. I'll also take this time to point out another part of our constitution. Article 3, Section III. Treason. It's the only crime declared by the constitution. That says you cannot give an enemy Aid or Comfort. Your wanting to give them both aid and comfort by giving them Constitutional rights to protect them from the power of our government. What you are protecting them from is the governments power to stop their attacks upon us.

The human rights in the constitution I'm not worried about. They are redundant. They also appear in international laws that we are bound by. Sure they can practice their religion here and even be free of cruel and unusual punishment. But being free from unreasonable search and seizure is not a human right. I don't see why it would be a big deal to deny these protection from the power of our government to foreigners. When all they have to do is present a compelling government interest and SCOTUS will deny that right to even American citizens. I also don't legal precedence being set by cases involving foreigners who's only purpose for being here is to destroy us or our way of life. Why not kill two birds with one stone? They can destroy us with bombs and destroy our way of life with legal precedences set by the trial resulting from the bombing. Basically I don't want foreigners creating legal arguments or compelling interests that will also take away my rights. They don't have the same interests or stake in our country and shouldn't have the same rights.