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Everyone should have basic protections, or "fundamental" rights. Those are things that exist as a matter of basic human decency. Nonbasic rights are more like p
by Retra 8y ago
Everyone should have basic protections, or "fundamental" rights. Those are things that exist as a matter of basic human decency. Nonbasic rights are more like privileges, and they can apply discriminately.
- HillaryBriss 8y agoA relevant recent case: the 9th circuit allowed to stand a federal law that limits 2nd amendment rights for certain non citizens unlawfully present in the US: "... The panel affirmed a conviction for possessing a firearm while being an alien unlawfully in the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A)." http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/01/08/15-10492.pdf http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2019/01/08/15...