Lately, there's been too much conservative talk about "constitutional rights."
Why do I say this?
Because there's no such thing as "constitutional rights!"
Rights are natural, or God-given. You have rights not because of the State or some document. You have rights because you are human.
Our Founding Fathers understood this well, that's why neither the Declaration of Independence, nor the Constitution, uses any language which implies rights are given, or granted by government.
This is important!
The argument that rights come from the Constitution, implies that rights are granted by government. This is a progressive belief, a Statist belief.
Conservatives and libertarians understand that rights are prior to government, and that a legitimate government is formed only to protect those rights, not to grant them.
Please take the time to read the following posts regarding the proper definition of your rights. After all ... we can't beat Statism by using Statist arguments!
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