Interesting. I don't recall a damn thing about pursuit of happiness being in the Constitution. And the 5th Amendment was intended to apply only to the national government. I also don't recall, prior to the early 1900s, that the Bill of Rights applied to the separate and sovereign states. Because they didn't. One side effect of the progressive movement was to 'incorporate' the Bill of Rights to the states. Good to see so many 'conservatives' are now embracing progressives to forward their agenda. So much for returning to the ideals held by the Framers.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, --