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Re:Judge Rejects Defense That FBI Illegally Hacked Silk Road... by rayiner on Friday October 10, 2014 @10:29PM (#8441019)
There are no such things as natural rights. The 4th amendment defines legal rights, and does not have extraterritorial application. Foreigners have no rights under the Constitution for the same reason they have no obligations under it.
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Re:Judge Rejects Defense That FBI Illegally Hacked Silk Road... by Zigurd on Saturday October 11, 2014 @12:11AM (#8441219)
Wow. First, you are claiming the Constitution grants rights. Who, exactly, has the power to "grant rights?" Do you think the people who wrote that document gave themselves that power, or even thought that they could?

Second, you think the Framers thought they were limiting rights to US citizens. When did the Constitution first even mentioned the notion of citizenship?

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Re:Judge Rejects Defense That FBI Illegally Hacked Silk Road... by harryh on Saturday October 11, 2014 @11:57AM (#8442449)
We have the power to grant rights to each other through our duly elected representatives. Note that the first three words of the US Constitution are "We the People" not "We the Framers."
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Re:Judge Rejects Defense That FBI Illegally Hacked Silk Road... by Zigurd on Saturday October 11, 2014 @12:08PM (#8442475)
Cool. So there's a list of my rights? Where?
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