The guarantee of access to our judicial system. and the protection of our legal rights provided by the Constitution. is what makes our system of Government unique. and differentiates us from totalitarian societies such as the Soviet Union. Unfortunately. there is still one group of Americans for whom the guarantee of access to our legal system does not apply. I am referring to our Nations veterans. Veterans. unlike all other Americans. are denied by law the fundamental right of access to the American judicial system. Illegal aliens. prisoners. the mentally ill and disabled. and Social Security pensioners all enjoy the right to appeal to the Federal courts. Veterans do not. The fact that veterans are denied this basic right is an archaic. anachronistic result left over from a paternalistic era in American history.
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