That is the only line in any of your posts that I have to quibble about and I think that this just may have been typed in haste and that we actually do agree.
Congress can make just about anything illegal but that doesn't make it right and I don't think that is what you meant. Campaign Finance Reform comes to mind.
Just a quick summation to eliminate confusion, DG.
Our rights are inherent by virtue of our creation. They impose no duty or cost upon another to provide them for us and they cannot be used to impinge upon or deny the rights of others.
That's why there can be no such thing as a right to a car or health care or safety. Each of those 'rights' would impose a cost or a duty upon others. Abortion cannot be a 'right' either because it denies the most basic of all rights of another -- the right to life.
Others don't "provide" us with rights. I think you mean "protect".
And you're wrong. It imposes a great duty and cost to society to protect your rights. The duties and costs of enforcement, conviction, and incarceration of those who violate your protected right, for one.
Well said Badray, Very well said indeed.