"we hold these truths to be self evident...that all men are created equal"
unless you're just passing through? On 8/11/05, Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pretty scary stuff. The one thing that strikes me though: > > "If passengers are deemed to be inadmissible, they have no > constitutional rights even if later taken to an American prison. Mason > says that's because they are deemed to be still outside the U.S., from a > legal point of view." > > Foreign citizens don't have Constitutional rights. > > Thane Sherrington wrote: > > http://ottawa.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=ot_flyrights_20050811 > > > > This is scary. > > > > "Mason (a senior lawyer for the US government) said the interpretation > > means travellers can be detained without charge, denied the right to > > consult a lawyer, and even refused necessities such as food and sleep." > > > > Is this for real? Sounds sort of insane to me. > > > > I guess it's now "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses > > yearning to breathe free...unless they're just passing through...then > > tell 'em to watch out!" <grin> > > > > T > > > > > -- -jmg Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit. Henry Brooks Adams [1838-1918]
