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Some things in the constitution apply only to citizens, most don't. When it says person, it means person, not citizen. Educating people that this prevalent view
by PavlovsCat 13y ago
Some things in the constitution apply only to citizens, most don't. When it says person, it means person, not citizen. Educating people that this prevalent view is false would already go a long way.
- rmc 13y agoNot quite that clear. There is an (sort of) exemption to the US 4th Amendement warrent requirement for " surveillance is conducted to obtain foreign intelligence for national security purposes and is directed against foreign powers or agents of foreign powers reasonably believed to be located outside the United States"
- PavlovsCat 13y agoAnd this applies to blanket mass surveillance how?
- ewoodrich 13y agoHowever, this definition of "person" requires them to be subject to US law (typically by residing in the US) which foreign residents of a foreign country are not. That is part of the reason we have a detention facility at Guantanemo.
- PavlovsCat 13y agoIt is not sufficient that the person acting on someone else is subject to US law? That seems kinda broken. Do you have a link that elaborates on this? From the 14th Amendment for example: > No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Note how it mentions citizens, any person, and persons within the jurisdiction as three separate things... ?