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June 28, 2004
Citizen? Oh, really?

One of the Supreme Court decisions handed down today was for the case of Hamdi v Rumsfeld.

The question in the Hamdi case was "how do we treat American citizens in wartime?"

The question should have been "why do we treat Hamdi as a citizen in the first place?"

Clearly, it is past time to rethink the way in which the 14th Amendment is applied. Being born within the borders of the US should not, by itself, be the sole criterion for citizenship.

Posted by Russ at 01:18 PM, June 28, 2004 in Nat'l Security

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If he is deemed an American citizen, then put him up for charges of Treason & hang him. Enough said.

Mr Minority

Posted by: Mr Minority at June 29, 2004 11:59 AM