The only rights they have under the Constitution are those which Supreme Court justices acknowledged when Mr. Keenan took a foster care case to them in the 1980s. He successfully argued that at least children in the State s care should have the rights we extend to felons in prison. Terrell case against the State of Georgia. It s not just kids in foster care, vulnerable as they are, he assures us. Gun locks are optional in a country where every two hours, a gun kills a child.
Migrant children are virtually exempt from fair labor and safety laws.
And the list goes on. Mr. Keenan cites two reasons. Children are powerless and special interest lobbies powerful. There s nothing wrong with the Constitution, according to Mr. Keenan. It just needs to apply to children, too.