Originally Posted by Idle

What makes you think I care one way or the other about this guy?

I was discussing the US Constitution.

Are those who have no regard for the Constitution sick and disturbed individuals?

The world looks to the US to be the leader in everything. If the rule of law starts breaking down here to the point that the Constitution is, as Dick Cheney once said, just a piece of paper will the US still be that shining beacon on the hill that Reagan spoke of?

The guy in this case has only what rights as the law allows. He gave up the rest of them when he walked through those prison gates where he was sent after a court of law said that was his fate, and that fate was dependent on actions he decided to take.

So the right he did have, as laid down by our Constitution.... Was it upheld? And if a state makes the decision to not follow the Constitution should the rest of the country give them a pass on it?