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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy

OK, I found this a surreal response. What federal/state issue was I talking about? And, uh, I'm a corporate lawyer, so take my constitutional thinking with a grain of salt, but didn't the 14th amendment make the Due Process Clause apply to the STATES, not the federal government.

Also, to move up the argument pyramid and directly rebut your point, Bicycles don't ride Fish.



The point I was making is that the constitution constrains the government with regard to how it operates at home. It may constrain the government with regard to how it operates abroad in dealing with US citizens. But, time and time again (think Chinese exclusion cases, Haitian boat people, etc., etc.) the court has ruled that the constitution doesn't apply and there is no due process right or constitutional rights for non-US citizens dealing with the US government abroad.

It's not that there is an exception to the due process clause. It's that the constitution doesn't even apply here.

The Court is full of shit.