thanks for this discussion. Great explanation...
What ever happened to: The Constitution doesn’t give rights. It’s a restriction on Government from trampling on our God given rights ?
Personally, I disagree with the “God given” part.
To me, that’s a cop out. Nothing is given. Not by God, not by government. The only rights we have are those we are willing to fight to take hold of and fight to keep.
When we became unwilling to fight to keep those rights, they passed from us to those willing to fight to take them from us. And now, in reality, we only have the words, not the rights.
Great point! We need to always keep that in mind.