The Supreme Court May Finally Do Something Right!

[Shawnee123]

Hey all you constitution scholars (hereafter known as CS): I have a question regarding what is being said here.

Radar, you say that a right cannot be regulated or revoked, while a privelege can be. However, what about "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"? What I mean is don't CS people say those are human rights? Now, when somone kills someone we put them in jail...we have revoked their liberty, have we not?

So (I'm really just trying to learn here) what exactly are rights as opposed to priveleges?

[Radar]

Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Hey all you constitution scholars (hereafter known as CS): I have a question regarding what is being said here.

Radar, you say that a right cannot be regulated or revoked, while a privelege can be. However, what about "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"? What I mean is don't CS people say those are human rights? Now, when somone kills someone we put them in jail...we have revoked their liberty, have we not?

So (I'm really just trying to learn here) what exactly are rights as opposed to priveleges?

A right may not be regulated or revoked, but a privilege can be. When someone performs an act that violates the person, property, or rights of others it is a crime and not otherwise. If you violate someone's rights by killing them you have not taken away their right to live, you've merely violated that right. When you do this, you have FORFEITED your right to liberty until such time as you have been punished accordingly whether that punishment is house arrest, imprisonment, or death. By locking someone up for a genuine crime, you are not violating or infringing on their rights.


Here are a few videos explaining the difference between rights and privileges.