(1) They THINK that they're safe. However, they wrapped a rope around their necks, saved on tape, so of record, as they violate oaths to resist DOMESTIC risks to the constitution, not just foreign. (2) We promised ourselves life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness In the Constitution [CORRECTION: In the Declaration of Independence]. Is…
(1) They THINK that they're safe. However, they wrapped a rope around their necks, saved on tape, so of record, as they violate oaths to resist DOMESTIC risks to the constitution, not just foreign. (2) We promised ourselves life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness In the Constitution [CORRECTION: In the Declaration of Independence]. Is happiness increased when relatives are deported without the promised trial, trial owed as even noncitizens have some rights? (3) It was not that long ago when spouses would automatically became citizens, upon marriage, to a citizen. If anybody fears sham marriages, the fearful could have forbidden just that subset. But they didn't, did they? They over-reached. (That a child with cancer was deported with his mother? even though the father was a citizen? A very poor excuse: it was legal as the mother was not a citizen. Who changed the law? Why not automatically a citizen, clearly not in a sham marriage, given she gave birth to the citizen's child?)
"In the Constitution, we are promised life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Actually, we're not. That is in the Declaration of Independence, a document with zero legal weight, not the Constitution. The Constitution promises us nothing about life or happiness - only some level of fairness. Keep in mind that the American Revolution was at its heart, a tax revolt. All that high-mindedness in the Declaration was cover for our rich guys not wanting to send tax money to London, and it never made it into the Constitution. It was our justification for treason against our King. I wasn't there in 1776, but I guess that was a pretty big deal back then, requiring at least a noble explanation.
Funny how once we won our freedom, none of that "All men (women? black people?) are created equal..." stuff fully made it into our laws?
You are right "Declaration of Independence", it's my week to be corrected. Still, whether Declaration or Constitution, it's an important historic precedent
(1) They THINK that they're safe. However, they wrapped a rope around their necks, saved on tape, so of record, as they violate oaths to resist DOMESTIC risks to the constitution, not just foreign. (2) We promised ourselves life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness In the Constitution [CORRECTION: In the Declaration of Independence]. Is happiness increased when relatives are deported without the promised trial, trial owed as even noncitizens have some rights? (3) It was not that long ago when spouses would automatically became citizens, upon marriage, to a citizen. If anybody fears sham marriages, the fearful could have forbidden just that subset. But they didn't, did they? They over-reached. (That a child with cancer was deported with his mother? even though the father was a citizen? A very poor excuse: it was legal as the mother was not a citizen. Who changed the law? Why not automatically a citizen, clearly not in a sham marriage, given she gave birth to the citizen's child?)
"In the Constitution, we are promised life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Actually, we're not. That is in the Declaration of Independence, a document with zero legal weight, not the Constitution. The Constitution promises us nothing about life or happiness - only some level of fairness. Keep in mind that the American Revolution was at its heart, a tax revolt. All that high-mindedness in the Declaration was cover for our rich guys not wanting to send tax money to London, and it never made it into the Constitution. It was our justification for treason against our King. I wasn't there in 1776, but I guess that was a pretty big deal back then, requiring at least a noble explanation.
Funny how once we won our freedom, none of that "All men (women? black people?) are created equal..." stuff fully made it into our laws?
You are right "Declaration of Independence", it's my week to be corrected. Still, whether Declaration or Constitution, it's an important historic precedent