[MD] Flying Spagetti Monsters

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Micah]
> My question is; if the constitution gives rise to the military and the 
> military captures and holds prisoners, how can we morally deny 
> constitutional rights to prisoners on the basis that they are not citizens? 
> Have we not used the constitution on their behalf, although negatively? Is 
> it now moral to deny them to positive use of the constitution? 

Micah,
Your argument begs the question.  Just because the Constitution establishes a military & establishes certain rights of citizens vis a vis the military, it does not follow that applying those same rights to non-citizens is morally required .  The State Dept. is provided for in the Constitution too, but we don't issue passports to non-citizens.
Craig  

The U. S. Constitution states the power the government has over its citizens & the rights they have over it.  The Constitution does allow for international treaties (such as the Geneva Convention & Nuremberg Principles)
You are confusing moral rights with constitutional rights.  We have