This is such a fundamental truth that few Americans understand.
Even if the Bill of Rights did not exist, or was destroyed, subverted, violated, ignored, etc., your rights continue to exist because they are part of you. Your right to free speech, religion, to bear arms, to be secure in your person, papers, and property, etc., all stem from property ownership: you own your mind, your thoughts, your body, your property, etc. It is only when a person violates the rights of others that governments, which are granted privileges by the People, deny rights of the perpetrator. Commit a violent crime? The People have granted the government the privilege to deny you certain rights (and put you into prison).
But, the Bill of Rights still does not "confirm" your rights; rights are enumerated in the Bill of Rights so that the government has (what should be) an easy to understand list of rights which may not be violated (without due process of law).
This is such a fundamental truth that few Americans understand.
Even if the Bill of Rights did not exist, or was destroyed, subverted, violated, ignored, etc., your rights continue to exist because they are part of you. Your right to free speech, religion, to bear arms, to be secure in your person, papers, and property, etc., all stem from property ownership: you own your mind, your thoughts, your body, your property, etc. It is only when a person violates the rights of others that governments, which are granted privileges by the People, deny rights of the perpetrator. Commit a violent crime? The People have granted the government the privilege to deny you certain rights (and put you into prison).
But, the Bill of Rights still does not "confirm" your rights; rights are enumerated in the Bill of Rights so that the government has (what should be) an easy to understand list of rights which may not be violated (without due process of law).