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Right to vote(though this can be stripped from felon citizens), right to peaceable assembly, right to bear arms. The Constitution distinguishes natural rights
by oh_sigh 8y ago
Right to vote(though this can be stripped from felon citizens), right to peaceable assembly, right to bear arms.
The Constitution distinguishes natural rights of all persons vs rights and privileges of "the people" being citizens and non-citizen legal residents.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The Constitution distinguishes natural rights of all persons vs rights and privileges of "the people" being citizens and non-citizen legal residents. AFAICT, the Federal courts have not generally adopted this view (though it is popular in some circles, particularly the US Department of Justice); ruling less specifically that the term “the people” instead “refers to a class of persons who are part of a national community or who have otherwise developed sufficient connection with this country to be considered part of that community.” United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez, 494 U.S. 259, 265 (1990).
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