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by kelseyfrog 325 days ago
Not quite. The First Amendment applies to everyone within U.S. jurisdiction, not just residents or citizens.

The first, third, fourth, fifth, and ninth amendments have all been historically used to establish various rights of privacy.

That's not to say that one agrees with or disagrees with the outcome here, just that this argument isn't based in an understanding of the law.

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The first amendment doesn't "apply" the people, domestic or otherwise, at all. It applies to the government, and what it can't do.
Thanks. So the steelman version is, the first amendment applies to the government when they restrict rights of residents, not just citizens.