Well, Nigel, it's a common -- and unbecoming -- American trait for citizens to complain loudly about what they imagine are their constitutional rights without having read or understood the document in question. In fact its guarantees of US citizenship are so murky, the US Supreme Court has its hands full 200+ years later trying to figure out how to apply them to modern situations.

Anyway, surveys consistently show the vast majority of Americans cannot identify any of the rights actually guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, either. (Which is a packet of ex post facto amendments to the Constitution itself.) We are nonetheless famous about loudly demanding our rights all the time.

Not saying anything specific about anyone posting to this thread.