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Girard v. the Establishment

“. . . we reject the idea that when the United States acts against citizens abroad, it can do so free of the Bill of Rights. The United States is entirely a creature of the Constitution. … It can act only in accordance with all the limitations imposed by the Constitution. When the Government reaches out to punish a citizen who is abroad, the shield which the Bill of Rights and other parts of the Constitution provides to protect his life and liberty should not be stripped away just because he happens to be in another land.”

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L. Brent Bozell Jr.

Girard v. the Establishment

“. . . we reject the idea that when the United States acts against citizens abroad, it can do so free of the Bill of Rights. The United States is entirely a creature of the Constitution. … It can act only in accordance with all the limitations imposed by the Constitution. When the Government reaches out to punish a citizen who is abroad, the shield which the Bill of Rights and other parts of the Constitution provides to protect his life and liberty should not be stripped away just because he happens to be in another land.”