This comment reveals a significant misunderstanding about what an inalienable right is. Governments do not have rights. Only individuals do. Power to do something is not the right to do something. Government may have the power to revoke a citizen's right to use a telephone, but it does not have the right to do anything. Regardless, the source of our rights is our Creator according to the Declaration of Independence. And only he can revoke them. All a government can do is protect or violate those rights.
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This comment reveals a significant misunderstanding about what an inalienable right is. Governments do not have rights. Only individuals do. Power to do something is not the right to do something. Government may have the power to revoke a citizen's right to use a telephone, but it does not have the right to do anything. Regardless, the source of our rights is our Creator according to the Declaration of Independence. And only he can revoke them. All a government can do is protect or violate those rights.