Originally Posted by Heckler

If a law is created, it must meet constitutional requirements, or it could be a violation of rights under constitutional law....not some absolute law, there is none.

The Supreme Court reviews laws to be sure they meet that requirement.

Originally Posted by TakuanSoho

Neither, the only rights you have are the ones that you are willing to fight for.

All rights are vested in the individual. Rights can only be taken away by your allowing those rights to be taken away. Sometimes you allow them to be taken away because you benefit from doing so, other times you allow them to be taken away because you are afraid of the consequences, but whatever the reasons, they are your rights.

Originally Posted by Virgil Kaine

I also can embrace the idea that nobody has the right to anything until they have the will and the power to stand up and take it as their right. Only the strong people and strong groups have rights. The weak, poor and underprivileged must live with what scraps the strong decide to give them! Now that is the kind of PROGRESSIVE government I can really get behind. No complicating things with stupid ideas of "right and wrong". Just what do I want and am I and my friends strong enough to get it! Truly Beautiful.