Where?
What article are you reading?
The right to life is mentioned in the Declaration of Independence along with the right to liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
Where do you get the idea that "life" is the capstone of American values?
I always thought liberty was. After all...look at how many lives we have sacrificed to it.
Another "true conservative" who wouldn't know the US COnstitution if it bit him on the ass? Try the 5th and 14th Amendments. They are located in the part of the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights. George Mason, the Father of the Bill of Rights, is now rolling over in his grave and moaning.
Without life KDD, there is no liberty. I know that's a tough concept but what the hell, give it a shot at grasping it.