Bill of Rights Neutered By 7th Circuit Court

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Since the Constitution died long ago the BoR is null and void too. It's not as though we actually live in a free country even though most citizens think this is the case.

Actually the Bill of Rights were totally unnecessary. The constitution was a set of restrictions on the federal government. Putting any individual right into the document only leads to confusion. We are born with our rights all rights not given to the federal government in the constitution belong to the people.

We do not get any rights from the constitution or the government. The government cannot give you any right that it didn't take from you to begin with.

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Actually the Bill of Rights were totally unnecessary. The constitution was a set of restrictions on the federal government. Putting any individual right into the document only leads to confusion. We are born with our rights all rights not given to the federal government in the constitution belong to the people.

We do not get any rights from the constitution or the government. The government cannot give you any right that it didn't take from you to begin with.

Michael

While I agree that our rights do not come from the U.S. Constitution, I respectfully disagree that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary. The Bill of Rights was proposed to PROTECT the rights of the citizen, not to grant them. In Utopia, a Bill of Rights would be unnecessary; however, we are far from Utopia.
 

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While I agree that our rights do not come from the U.S. Constitution, I respectfully disagree that the Bill of Rights was unnecessary. The Bill of Rights was proposed to PROTECT the rights of the citizen, not to grant them. In Utopia, a Bill of Rights would be unnecessary; however, we are far from Utopia.

Exactly. The Anti-Federalist feared that the Constitution without a Bill of Rights could possibly lead to infringement upon our inalienable rights. Putting them down on paper made sense as several of the founding States had them in their constitutions.
 

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Exactly. The Anti-Federalist feared that the Constitution without a Bill of Rights could possibly lead to infringement upon our inalienable rights. Putting them down on paper made sense as several of the founding States had them in their constitutions.

And others feared ,rightly so, that listing some rights might make some believe that only the rights listed were reserved to the people. Instead of all rights not given up to the federal government in the constitution belonging to the people.

As far as some of the rights being in the constitutions of several founding states, that was their prerogative. Those rights were beyond the power of the federal government.
Right now we have a government that believes that it is not listed in the Bill of Rights they are free to do as they please.

Michael
 

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