>>>>>A terrible ruling. Since when do non-citizens get the protection of the US Constitution?
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>>>>Why is this terrible? So now we can have real trials with real evidence? There's a problem with that?
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>>>>Doug
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>>>Non citizens, don't rate the protection of the US Constitution.
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>>Really. So when people from other countries come to visit the US, they're not entitled to due process?
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>>Tamar
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>They are not entitled. They are however granted due process if they are here legally.

Wrong. From the US Constitution:

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Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.
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Note that it says "the accused" and doesn't anywhere indicate that this applies only to citizens or even to legal residents. It doesn't even say "the people," which is widely used and might be interpreted as applying only to citizens.

Everyone is entitled to due process under the Constitution, not just citizens or legal residents.

Tamar