Rights vs. Privileges
obvious. "Certain" Unalienable Rights has a
activity. Are there any sort of regulations,
couple very specific definitions, 1 known for
rules, restrictions, laws, license and/or fees,
sure; established beyond doubt: 2 specific but
statutes, or ordinances attached to that
way. However, in this country, if the Citizens
not explicitly named or stated:. Remember the
activity? If yes, then it is a privilege by proxy.
do not know, claim, demand and enforce their
constitution
Rights, then they have NONE."
Independence grants any rights, it only shows
Rights guaranteed in the Constitutions may
not be controlled, legislated, manipulated,
limited, restricted, denied or taxed, in any
~Scott
Thurston,
THE
JAILHOUSE
LAWYER
nor
the
Declaration
of
that they exist and no one may take them!
"Among These", 'among' means 1 surrounded
by; in the company of: 2 being a member or
Nobody will give you rights. You must take
members of (a larger set):. Again there are a
them. The constitution does not grant rights, it
large set of rights, not just those named. The
only lists them, it also is NOT exhaustive.
worst thing the Bill of Rights did is presume
Remember the phrase by Thomas Jefferson,
for many this was some sort of exhaustive list
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that
of rights. That is far from the truth.
by their
Creator
with
certain
unalienable rights, that among these are Life,
Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
have NO right to them. However, our rights
come from our Creator. This establishes the
levels of authority. God created man, man
created government,
government
creates
messes. The dirty ugly reality to this is
government is man made, so it is a fictitious
entity yet we have given a fiction judicial and
legislative power over us. We know that "No
state may convert a secured liberty into a
all men are created equal, that they are
endowed
Because privileges need permission we
So what is a privilege? A privilege is to
privilege, and issue a license and fee for
authorize or license (something otherwise
it." MURDOCK v. PENNSYLVANIA, 319 U.S.
forbidden), it is some form of authority
105 and "If the state does convert a right into
granting
ask
a privilege and issue a license and charge a
permission and/or have a license to do it. A
fee for it, you can ignore the license and fee
good
and
you
consent.
You
must
There are very specific wordings and
phrases in the Declaration of Independence.
way
to
identify
if
something
is
engage
in
the
right
with
"Self-Evident" truths, this means these truths
a privilege or not is to see if it is a regulable
do not need to be demonstrated, they are
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impunity." SHUTTLESWORTH
V.
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 373 U.S. 262
Therefore that is the power of a right, you
are sovereign in that capacity to do as you
wish. Sovereign simply means you are
operating as 'king', in complete control of
yourself outside the authority of anyone. A
right is 'wrong' only when you injure or hurt
someone else's property or person and/or
restrict another person's rights.
of
rights
being
taken
from
us.
Is
your property really yours? Even if you own it
and have no mortgage you do not truly own it.
You must have a land patent. If you are
paying property taxes then you do not own it.
Can you decide to drill for oil? Can you build a
house without permission? So now there are
certain things you can do on the land you own
that you need permission for. Our country has
gone a long way away from respecting rights
and the people have given in.
A good example of this is on your property
you have the right to walk where ever you
want on your property. You do not need
permission, you are king on your land.
However, the moment you cross the property
line you need permission from your neighbor
to walk on his property. If it is public property
you have the same rights as your own
property, again, as long as you are not
encumbering anyone else's rights. Here is the
tricky part where we look at the larger issues
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