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To: JRandomFreeper

Could write a book on just that question.

From the English Bill of Rights

Life - Right to life.
Liberty - Freedom of Speech(+press), Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Association, Freedom of movement, Judicial freedoms (petition + trial by jury + independent judiciary+ search + seizure + Habeaus Corpus), electoral freedoms (representation)
Pursuit of Happiness - Private Property.

That’s a pretty good list of them.


107 posted on 01/19/2012 11:17:36 PM PST by BenKenobi (Vindicated! Santorum wins IOWA!)
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To: BenKenobi
We fought a war against the Brits. They have positive law. We have negative law.

In Britain, government grants rights to subjects.

In the US, free people grant powers to governments.

Anything not explicitly enumerated is left to the people, or the States.

/johnny

111 posted on 01/19/2012 11:23:57 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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