They should be cleaning up their act, not complaining about other people. They have lost any assumption of moral purpose over the pervert scandals, and aren’t doing anything that people accept as credible to correct their institutional problems. Criticizing the nuns over their work with the poor certainly wasn’t the best PR move they could have made, and openly favoring the Republican Party was just as bad.

It is amazing how selective the Bill of Rights seems to be for some people, as if they only applied to people who thought like they do, and not everyone.

There are tons of case law that say they apply to everyone in the US, citizen or not, which is a result of the post-Civil War amendments and they status of former slaves. That’s why there are no “illegal immigrants” only “undocumented”. If they were charged with a crime, the full spectrum of rights would be theirs, but as an administrative violation they can be deported quickly with a minimum of paperwork or protections.

The same people who are complaining about this case would support banning books and sedition laws.

This guy’s problem is that the publicity about the film highlighted his activities that conflicted with what he had been telling the probation officers. It’s never a good idea to become famous when you’re on probation or parole.