Re: The Reason Democrats Are Backing Gay Rights and Marijuana Legalization
The Constitution doesn't do anything. The Constitution is merely a written statement by persons with the power to restrict rights that tells citizens how people welding the power of government can restrict their behavior. It is the people who write the laws and enforce them that restrict rights.
this is incorrect. the constitution sets up the federal government and delegates them few powers, ,making them limited, and it directs the states not to engage in federal powers, the BOR restricts the federal government from creating any laws which violate rights of the people.......the people are not limited by the constitution at all, because constitutions are written for government, not the people.
under constitutional law, the federal government only has power over .......pirates ,counterfeiters, traitors, and tax cheats only....
the life liberty and property of the American people is a state power......federalist #46
Actually it is not strictly your own affair. The government takes thousands of dollars from me in the form of taxes every year. Although I don't like it, there is nothing, practically speaking, that I can do to stop them.
under the founders, it would be stealing to tax... income, which is why they did not do such a thing, but today it is constitutional, and legal.....as long as the money is spend on delegated powers only.
If someone restricts your rights, it is not a crime unless the government says it's a crime.
laws have been written already to deal with all crimes , dealing with rights of the people.......governments duty is to secure rights........if they do not uphold that duty, then they are violating their oath of office.
And because government, through the enactment of laws, the process of interpretation of those laws, and the enforcement of those laws determine when the rights of others have been violated or cause a health or safety concern, government determines what you have a right to do.
if you violate a person rights...that's a crime.....you go to jail........if you violate heath and saftey, ...say though ownership of a business, without intent to commit , its a violation of city code, and a fine will ensue.
Because the government determines who or what is a victim, government determines what you have a right to do.
government is here to secure rights of the people.......if no person rights are violated, or there's no health and saftey violation of the public,....
who is your victim?