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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by ceejayoz on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @01:36PM (#19210630)
> No country on Earth affords equal rights to citizens and non-citizens.

That's fine, but affording no rights to non-citizens would be highly problematic. Some argue the Constitution doesn't protect the rights of illegal immigrants, for example, but it makes clear distinctions by using "persons" in some spots and "citizens" in others.

Persons have a right to due process. Citizens have a right to vote. The difference is very important.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by gowld on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @03:08PM (#19211488)
The Constitution is really quite bad at making things clear. Arbitrary rhetorical flourishes became the turning points of precendential cases, because quill and parchment made it hard to express ideas clearly.

The average ruling in a single minor case today is longer than the entire Constitution.

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Re:U.S. Supreme Court Puts Limits on Police Power to Seize P... by microcolonel on Wednesday February 20, 2019 @02:09PM (#19210945)
> That's fine, but affording no rights to non-citizens would be highly problematic.

Which is why we have the status quo: the vast majority of rights enjoyed my U.S. citizens and residents are enjoyed by aliens, with some discretion.

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