FWIW, I take “liberty” as a freedom of movement thing. Am I free to go, or must I go where I am told to go (e.g., jail cell, military campaign).
“Inalienable” is the opposite of the ability to take something you have and alienate it to another person. Not that the thing or attribute can’t be taken from you, just that it can’t go from you to another. Can the government take your life? You bet. Capital punishment. Your liberty? Yes. Jail for you, or the draft.
Liberals and living constitutionalists will take any word, anywhere, and pervert its meaning in order to get the outcome they want. This affliction infests the legal profession and courts especially. Sloppy, dangerous to personal independence and freedom.
Exactly.