Constutions are there to define the minimum rights for the citizens (rights which the govt can not take away), not the gouvernment. If a right for something is not in the contitution then it is not there.
If you look at the history of our country what our found fathers did was restrict the powers that the government has. Or in other words the freedoms that the government could take away. That is a completely different mindset than what you're exposing. It was never intended to declare what rights we have as citizens, except in areas where the citizen's rights were potentially in conflict with the powers granted to government.
A good case in point is freedom of speech. A governments role, generally speaking, is provide a stable and reasonably safe environment for the people live their lives in. But people can, merely by speaking, turn that environment into an unsafe one. The first amendment is intended to clarify that conflict.
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Constutions are there to define the minimum rights for the citizens (rights which the govt can not take away), not the gouvernment. If a right for something is not in the contitution then it is not there.
If you look at the history of our country what our found fathers did was restrict the powers that the government has. Or in other words the freedoms that the government could take away. That is a completely different mindset than what you're exposing. It was never intended to declare what rights we have as citizens, except in areas where the citizen's rights were potentially in conflict with the powers granted to government. A good case in point is freedom of speech. A governments role, generally speaking, is provide a stable and reasonably safe environment for the people live their lives in. But people can, merely by speaking, turn that environment into an unsafe one. The first amendment is intended to clarify that conflict.