Judge Thapar Discovers Constitutional Rights Are for *Some* Americans
A federal judge, Amul Thapar, has reportedly argued that the Constitution's protections, specifically the First, Fourth, and 14th Amendments, shouldn't extend to noncitizens, let alone 'illegal aliens.' This isn't just a bold legal opinion; it's a convenient intellectual framework for escalating a systemic dehumanization already underway. Thapar’s stance is a direct echo of historical
justifications for denying rights to entire classes of people – whether they were enslaved, indigenous, or simply deemed 'undesirable' based on their origin. One might wonder if the Constitution's framers, who themselves were once 'noncitizens' under British rule, anticipated such intricate philosophical gymnastics. The hypocrisy is particularly sharp given the U.S. government's fervent defense of
'human rights' abroad, often as a pretext for interventions, while simultaneously debating the fundamental rights of people within its own borders. Perhaps those rights, much like 'democracy' and 'freedom,' are just geopolitical buzzwords, to be applied selectively based on political expediency and who funds the next campaign.