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The ruling only applies to U.S. citizens. As mentioned in the article, the vast majority of people on the list are non-citizens. EDIT: Or perhaps it does apply
by motbob 12y ago
The ruling only applies to U.S. citizens. As mentioned in the article, the vast majority of people on the list are non-citizens.
EDIT: Or perhaps it does apply to non-citizens when they are on U.S. soil. I'm not sure.
- pc86 12y agoThe Constitution applies to anyone within the US, citizen or not.
- dragonwriter 12y agoMore accurately, the U.S. Constitution applies to the US government, not to the people it interacts with. Some of its rules are preconditioned on dealings with certain classes of people, however, so citizenship is sometimes relevant to Constitutional considerations.
- pc86 12y agoYes that is an important clarification. Thank you.
- aarkling 12y agoYes in most cases it applies to all US residents. But many don't apply to non-residents who still live in the US. For Eg: international students.
- pc86 12y agoDo you have an example? I'm not saying you're wrong, I just can't think of anything off the top of my head that wouldn't apply to an international student. The second amendment comes to mind, but there are Alien Firearms Licenses available.