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I was understandably concerned.
And Roberts does not think the Constitution contains a right to privacy.
Well, it doesn’t.
August 25th, 2005 at 10:29 am
It’s carrot art you insensitive clod!
August 25th, 2005 at 3:56 pm
[Kevin] And Roberts does not think the Constitution contains a right to privacy.
[SayUncle] Well, it doesn’t.
Doesn’t contain a right to buy or sell guns, either.
August 25th, 2005 at 4:02 pm
I make a lot of mine.
August 25th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
No right to buy or sell the parts, either. 🙂
August 25th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
In fact, there’s no right to manufacture them, either.
August 25th, 2005 at 7:16 pm
Yup, and no right to breath, have kids, buy a house, life, abortion, choice. But, you know, I’d say a few of those are still valid rights.
August 25th, 2005 at 7:25 pm
I think a decent case can be made that whatever you have a right to do, the state must allow at least one reasonably feasible, legal way to do it. It could ban the purchase and sale of guns, but only if it wants to give us all guns for free.
August 26th, 2005 at 3:36 pm
Yup, and no right to breath, have kids, buy a house, life, abortion, choice. But, you know, I’d say a few of those are still valid rights.
Which is precisely Kevin’s point. Just because a right isn’t explicitly listed in the Constitution doesn’t mean that right isn’t protected by the Constitution. To pick on one of your pet rights, the right to buy a gun must be Constitutionally protected, because if it isn’t, then your Constitutional right to own one is meaningless and unenforceable.
The same holds true with the right to privacy and the fourth amendment. The 4th makes no sense at all without the underlying assumption that individual privacy is to be valued and protected.
August 26th, 2005 at 3:43 pm
Never said they weren’t protected. There is no assumption of privacy in the fourth.
August 26th, 2005 at 3:56 pm
“Congress shall make no law”