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Originally Posted by Kmar40
Please list one instance in US history where foreigners on the battlefield or anywhere else in the world were accorded US constitutional rights.
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From Article Six:
"This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and
all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding."
(my italics)
The United States is a signatory to the Geneva Conventions. The Constitution
requires their provisions to be followed, which, I think, gives the latter the status of rights guaranteed by the Constitution. QED.
Until GW Bush and his pals came along, this was, for the most part, observed.