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Thank you for your organization's latest video regarding the distinction between a federal republic and a democracy. Not to take anything away from the larger point, at minute 5 the video asserts that the rights to free speech, due process, self-defense, etc. are "Constitutional rights".
I must differ with you on this point, and I say so not to split hairs, but to make clear that those are not Constitutional rights - those are natural rights. A cornered animal is "right" in defending itself. Any creature on this planet has a "right" to its property (and, again, the "right" to defend it.) Any sentient being has a "right" to its thoughts and to express those thoughts.
Despite the reference as being the "Bill of Rights", what the first 10 amendments give us are not "rights" per se, but rather are specific prohibitions against government infringing upon those rights. What the government can grant, the government can take away. So no, those are not "rights guaranteed by the Constitution" - those are inalienable rights bestowed upon us by our Creator. *This short 5 minute speech by Mark Baird offers an excellent perspective on that distinction, as well as the limits we, as a society, consent to, in order to function as a society.
Language is important. I cringe when I hear reference to our "Second Amendment right to bear arms" or "Our First Amendment right to free speech." No, those are natural rights. In the name of civility, we as a people willingly form social compacts that do infringe upon those rights, but only to the extent necessary to protect the overarching right. Once that boundary is pushed beyond mutual consent, we lapse into tyranny.
Thank you for what you do; countering false narratives is a noble and worthy endeavor, and essential to restoring our lost Republic.
--Terry
Good review.
ReplyDeleteRefreshing to hear that during this time of freedom and liberty being gradually choked.
Nice to hear some truths qouted from Locke and Blackstone.
Reminded me of hearing William Cooper speak.
Thanks for the post.
Nice read.....
ReplyDeleteWe have unalienable natural rights of self preservation that are God-given and can never be taken or even given away. Among these fundamental natural rights are "life, liberty, property and the pursuit of Happiness."
Our Forefathers thank God, inspired by Him, had the foresight to create a set of documents that would place an eternal hedge of protection around us.
Any bill that the house & senate can write & pass into law & be enforced by courts & law enforcement must be in compliance of the Supreme law of the land.
Our Constitution.
"No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it." 16 Am Jur 2nd, Sec 177 late 2d, Sec 256
I personally no doubt because of it's unconditional protections that God Himself placed this around us as a hedge of protection.
"No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law and no courts are bound to enforce it."
DeleteAmen & Bastiat would agree.
The American flag is a symbol of
ReplyDeletea nation of self-governed people.
It is flown upside down only during times of dire distress.
It is those times that we are in, today!
100% and don't forget your stamps...............:)
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