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The US constitution's bill of rights only protects americans. In general, this is false. EVERYONE gets the right to free speech, the right to an attorney and a
by CWuestefeld 7y ago
The US constitution's bill of rights only protects americans.
In general, this is false. EVERYONE gets the right to free speech, the right to an attorney and a trial by jury, etc. I wouldn't expect anyone to say that it's OK to take illegal immigrants as slaves because they're not covered by the 13th Amendment.
That said, I do see that legal opinions about Snowden's revelations say that the surveillance is OK for non-USAns. I don't understand how this is supposed to be.
- garmaine 7y agoEveryone on US soil. It's definitely a radical, non-consensus opinion that the US bill of rights protects non-Americans outside the USA.