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for your own edification, dragonlich, I haven't ever heard of rightwing politics speaking about a right of safety as secured by the constitution.
most of their politics hinges on the rhetoric of personal responsibility; so goes with one's safety. witness weapons control debates, work environment legislation, and even speech/expression limitation debates, among others.
rights debates are a slippery animal in the states--especially for rightwing rhetoric since its politics has a contradictory stance in regards to capital and populism.
I reject out of hand your comparison between court proceedings against suspected terrorists and the OJ Simpson murder trial. I attribute your comments in that reference as hyperbole; I think that if that's your level of analysis of our judicial processes then you are employing a very crude method, to say the least.
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