This ruling, if it stands, seems to negate that notion.

Bush 43 held that the Bill of Rights only applied to US citizens. So, it was perfectly fine for the US to grab people off the street, anywhere in the world, toss them in prison without legal due process, and torture them. At that time, I suggested the US post a notice in every embassy visa office, for anyone foolish enough to want to come to the US "Notice. In the US, you have no rights. You can be detained, searched, your possessions taken, and you can be imprisoned with no legal due process". Of course, Bush stretched that envelop even farther with Jose Padilla. On the regime's claim, alone, that US citizen civilian was arrested in Chicago, and imprisoned. Years later, after public outcry, he was finally tried and convicted, on charges that had nothing to do with the regime's initial lurid "terrorism" claims about him.

One of the General Rants delt with the US developing characteristics of a police state.

Steve