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To: Jim W N

“Our rights do NOT come from Gov’t they come from God and our rights pre-exists gov’t which is made to SECURE those rights.”

From Amendment VI:

“In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law,...”

Please explain how that right “pre-exists gov’t” since it seems to depend on the existence of government.


10 posted on 09/13/2025 2:44:50 PM PDT by KrisKrinkle (c)
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To: KrisKrinkle
Start with Amendment I, where most rights are listed:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
US Const., Amendment I.

You can only "abridge" a right the already exists.

11 posted on 09/13/2025 2:56:11 PM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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