[DuncanWaring]

“If you want new constitutional rights, then you need to amend the Constitution.”

One would think that this guy, of all people, would understand that new rights can't be created.

[presidio9]

One would think that this guy, of all people, would understand that new rights can't be created.

I'm with you. Universal Suffrage should cease immediately. Women elected Kerry, Gore, Clinton, and Dukakis.

[Tailgunner Joe]

This is even worse: "If you want new rights, create them by statute."

Government "creates" rights by statute? Wrong.

[highball]

One would think that this guy, of all people, would understand that new rights can't be created.

Or that they don't need to be listed in the Constitution....

[GoLightly]

I'm sure he understands it, but putting it into terms of God given rights would set off a huge firestorm, so he spoke in secular terms & then went on to give an example of the way a government given "right" infringes on the rights of another set of people.

All laws infringe on someone's rights in some way. The Constitution laid out some agreed upon basic rights which we (the government, the people) will work to favor for each other. Freedom of speech versus freedom from hearing "offensive" speech. The Constitution doesn't say our government can't search us or our home, but places rules on what the government needs to do in order to do so.

It's why "Justice" is shown holding a balance, because enforcement of all man made laws involve weighing opposing interests.

[NCLaw441]

You said: One would think that this guy, of all people, would understand that new rights can’t be created.
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I could not disagree with you more. I don’t know that I support the addition of any rights, but they can be created in the law. Such rights are not natural rights, but they may be rights nonetheless.