[jwalsh07]

If states can violate inalienable rights, then there are no inalienable rights and the Constitution is a fraud.

[tpaine]

"If states can violate inalienable rights, then there are no inalienable rights and the Constitution is a fraud." -JW07-

Exactly, it's amazing that such a simple, logical concept is so hard for so many 'conservatives' here at FR to accept, isn't it?

Perhaps some of them should look to their self-styled image.