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Originally posted by Spanky
I don't think that the founding fathers would have ever imagined that foreign nationals covertly working to kill US nationals would get protection from the US Constitution.
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By protection all we are talking about is due process and avoidance of cruel and unusual punishment.
I think many of the founding fathers would have, at the least, expected to treat foreigners of high birth or who were officers in the opposing forces with such respect and protection. Many would have extended that treatment to all foreign combatants. That is not to say they would not have hung them after the trial.
Remember, these were people who were actively engaged in risking their lives fighting for the principal that all men were endowed by their creator with unalienable rights. That is "all men" not "Americans" or "citizens".
