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Don't they? I was very much under the impression that they did.

• torstenvl 4y ago
  No. They absolutely do not. The closest thing that's true is this: Constitutional rights are always weighed against some government interest, and there's a lot of deference to the military with regard to government interest. So there may be things on the margins which are unconstitutional in every or nearly every civilian case, but are constitutional in the context of the government's interest in national defense. However, those rights still exist, and courts must still address those issues through the appropriate balancing test. EDIT: A cornerstone case to read, for those interested, is Parker v. Levy: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/417/733/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/417/733/