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To: SampleMan
The right to life is not enumerated in the Bill of Rights.

The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net

What is "guaranteed" is procedural protection; and a prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment, whatever the heck that covers.

298 posted on 10/21/2014 2:38:33 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

I’m a big believer in unenumberated rights.

Remember that the argument against have a Bill of Rights was not that we shouldn’t have them, but that government would immediately start limiting our rights to only those enumberated.

On a basic level, no other right means much, if you don’t have the right to not be killed by the government (without due process).


305 posted on 10/22/2014 11:05:50 AM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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