
Originally Posted by
Ethereal
Yes, it's an opinion, but it's an opinion which is heavily supported by:
A. Evidence
B. Logic
Therefore, of the many opinions that exist on the matter, mine is most likely the correct one. If you care to address my "evidence and logic" then the quality of your rebuttals will increase substantially.
And depending upon the "evidence and logic" you use in support of you position, it will either be a correct or an incorrect opinion.
Except...
"Nature's God" is in no way specific to a particular religion and the language in that clause directly and explicitly contradicts a portion of the Constitution; the same cannot be said of the following clause:
…That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…
Furthermore, the actual meaning of "Nature's God" could be argued without end. Therefore, the analogy does not hold water.
I never claimed that it is, but it certainly informs upon Constitutional law, as evidenced by its sweeping application throughout American jurisprudence.
I have. Several times.
The Ninth Amendment affirms explicitly the existence of unenumerated rights (fact). In order to determine whether or not something is an "unenumerated right" we must look to the "spirit of the law" as well as the "letter of the law" (fact). In looking to the spirit of the law, we find that our Founding Fathers spoke of such a right earlier within another equally crucial document (fact):
…That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…
In looking to the letter of the law, we find that our government may not govern without the consent of the people (fact):
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Based upon these facts, it stands to reason that the dissolution of government is indeed a right (an unenumerated one) retained by we the people.
With whom?