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Originally Posted by creekster
So the extent and number of natural rights depends upon the size of your biceps and your hand eye coordination? That's a rather unpleasant view of nature and not the one that spawned our nation's founding principles.
WHere in the delcaration of Independence does it say that due process is a natural right? I have the right to be alive, to have liberty and to pursue, but not necessarily be, happy. Of course these may be limited by social compact until we can't stand it anymore and we have a Rousseau-esque revoultion. Where does due process fit in to this?
Moreover, aren't the terrorists in Gitmo outside of our social compact? what standing do they have, in a government as social compact, of complaining about due process?
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The terroists have no standing to object as non-participants in our social contract and if one wanted to create some sort of international compact, they are even outside that loose coalition, thus they possess no standing.
Due process is not a natural right but a right of contract in order to agree to mediate the conflicts of rights.