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Originally posted by Donut:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights"
"only people who are not U.S. citizens can be subject to such trials."
Some are evidently more equal than others. BTW, one of the six is a British citizen.
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It's not that simple. Right to a fair trial is "inalienable" but the right to certain evidentiary rules are not. While I disagree with a lot of this tribunal system, it COULD be done in such a way as to secure basic rights without being exactly like an Article III court.
BTW, in all agency tribunals -- from the EPA to the Dept. of Labor, the rules are different for evidence, etc. than in a full-blown Article III (i.e. judiciary branch, not executive branch) court. Of course, those tribunals are justified because, in the end, an Article III court is the final review. Which may be the case here. Can they appeal??