[semimojo]

Codification destroys rights by turning them into government granted privileges.

I prefer to have some consensus in my society on what rights exist.

You can choose the Bible, the Magna Carta, the Declaration or the Constitution, but you can't just say they're in your head.

Where do we go to find out what our legal rights are?

[grey_whiskers]

Where do we go to find out what our legal rights are?

Well, seeing as you're a troll, and therefore either GOPe, or, more likely, a leftist (given your air of easy, supercilious fatuity, combined with a total lack of intellectual rigor)...

I'd suggest you exercise your right to remain silent. :-)

Cheers, you lovable troll, you!

[Talisker]

I prefer to have some consensus in my society on what rights exist. You can choose the Bible, the Magna Carta, the Declaration or the Constitution, but you can't just say they're in your head. Where do we go to find out what our legal rights are?

I don't think you really get this American Constitution thing. Read up on "negative rights" and get back to me. I prefer you having absolutely zero say in what my rights are, and that goes for the rest of your collective, too. In America, the Constitution restricts the government, not the other way around. It's not an easy concept for Leftists, but you can get it if you try.