The Constitution is supposed to give people rights - not take them away

[liberal N proud]

This is a Constitutional Crisis.

[StellaBlue]

1. I've thought this since I was in high school

It seems unfair that rights could be GRANTED by the SCOTUS under the Constitution, and then revoked. E.g. Roe.

[bowens43]

2. rights can not be granted by the SCOTUS or anyone else.

They can only be taken away.All human beings are born with inalienable rights.

[StellaBlue]

3. Amen to that.

Fuck em. I respect no authority.

[Canuckistanian]

10. We all all born with freedoms

The rest of our lives, we get to hear about the limitaions.

[proud patriot]

4. It has been a Constitutional crisis since Dec. 12 2000

:-(

[liberal N proud]

5. Agreed, this just compounds it as a direct assault on liberty

Liberty that the Constitution was supposed insure.

[NYC Liberal]

6. The Constitution "gives" no rights, it protects rights that already exist.

Just clarifying because too many people make the mistake of thinking that rights are granted by the Constitution, which they are not. If they were, they could be taken away.

That's why the 1st Amendment, for example, says that "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech..." It DOES NOT say, "The people are granted the right to free speech," it says Congress cannot take away that pre-existing right.

[kestrel91316]

7. Where on earth did you get THAT silly idea????

[beltanefauve]

8. Name me

one single proposal by any Republican/Conservative, in any adminstration in our country's history, that was designed to BROADEN our rights or civil liberties rather than limit them. And no, the rights of the corporations or the granting of personhood to said corporations doesn't count.

[eppur_se_muova]

9. Exactly. Some people just don't understand what the Constitution is for.

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