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To: RetiredNow who wrote (549088)	2/14/2010 4:38:12 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574273

"Does the US constitution guarantee non-US citizens a trial by a jury of US citizens?" The Constitution makes a distinction between citizens and all people. In a few places, it explicitly references citizens. Which neither the Equal Protection Clause or the Due Process Clause do, they talk about a 'person'. And the courts have consistently interpreted it that way. The most recent example was Boumediene v. Bush. Note that even the Bush administration wasn't claiming the Constitution didn't apply to non-citizens, just that it didn't apply if they weren't held on US soil. Even then, the courts didn't agree. Precedent had gone the other way.