05 February 2010

Rights

Constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald smacks down a canard about Constitutional rights.

This notion that the protections of the Bill of Rights specifically and the Constitution generally apply only to the Government's treatment of American citizens is blatantly, undeniably false — for multiple reasons — yet this myth is growing, as a result of being centrally featured in “War on Terror” propaganda.
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It is indisputable, well-settled Constitutional law that the Constitution restricts the actions of the Government with respect to both American citizens and foreigners. It's not even within the realm of mainstream legal debate to deny that.

He has Constitutional language, early and recent Supreme Court decisions, and more to back it up.

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