9th Amendment. And especially the bottom part of the paragraph in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment.
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
The thing is, people insisting that they can attack your body and force themselves or anything else they want inside of it 'for the greater good' can be fired upon by the same logic.
Lead is also an unwanted intrusion, just as vaccines are. So people insisting that liberty must be abandoned can be the first to reap that bloody whirlwind.
It was universally understood that our individual rights were conferred upon us by our Creator. That premise can be found in the Declaration of Independence, and many other writings and documents of the day. Ignorance to these simple truths is widespread today, but all you have to do is some basic research on your own to understand the original intent.
“The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” ~ John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English philosopher and economist
“The only purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. ... Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” ~ John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English philosopher and economist
On Liberty (1859)
“Unlike ordinary legislation, a constitution is enacted by the people themselves in their sovereign capacity and is therefore the paramount law.” ~ Justice Frank Cruise Haymond (1887-1972) West Virginia Court of Appeals (1946-1972)
Lance v. Board of Education, 170 S.E.2d 783, 793 (1969) (dissent)
“The people are Sovereign. ... at the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people; and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects... with none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty.” ~ John Jay (1745-1829) first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, First President of the United States - preceding George Washington, one of three men most responsible for the US Constitution
Chisholm v. Georgia, (US) 2 Dall 419, 454, 1 L Ed 440, 455 @Dall 1793 pp471-472
“Individualism regards man -- every man -- as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful co-existence among men, can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights -- and that a group, as such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members.” ~ Ayn Rand [Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum] (1905-1982) Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter
“[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power -- and even the duty -- to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.” ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds (1960- ) Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee
The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Under the Tennessee Constitution, A Case Study in Civic Republican Thought, 61 TENN. L. R. 647, 652 (1994)
“In this country sovereignty resides in the people, and Congress can exercise no power which they have not, by their Constitution, entrusted to it: All else is withheld.” ~ U.S. Supreme Court
Juilliard v. Greenman, 110 U.S. 421 (1884).
“In the United States, Sovereignty resides in the people, who act through the organs established by the Constitution.” ~ Chisholm v. Georgia
Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dall 419, 471
“To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.” ~ Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury
Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, No. 9 (January 18, 1802).
Our founding fathers were well educated in the writings and philosophy of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Charles Montesquieu, among many others. These men represented the new age of European Enlightenment that that natural rights such as life, liberty, and property existed in the state of nature and could never be taken away or even voluntarily given up by individuals. These rights were “inalienable” (impossible to surrender).
You can find more of this view by reading the writings of Frederic Bastiat.
Our founders were ahead of their time, and their idea was a radical departure from the mindset of Government ruling over people as subjects.
Second Amendment is as far as I got.
"I don't want to, and I'll shoot you if you try to make me" is a pretty strong argument.
9th Amendment. And especially the bottom part of the paragraph in Section 1 of the 14th Amendment.
“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
I'll go with the Bill of Rights.
I am entitled to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
The "vax or we'll lock you up" garbage violates those rights.
The constitution are laws limiting the government, not the people. We retain all the rights.
Third, ninth, tenth amendments.
Good article.
Winks...
Amendments 9 and 14 Section 1.
I'll add the First, fourth, and eighth to my list.
The thing is, people insisting that they can attack your body and force themselves or anything else they want inside of it 'for the greater good' can be fired upon by the same logic.
Lead is also an unwanted intrusion, just as vaccines are. So people insisting that liberty must be abandoned can be the first to reap that bloody whirlwind.
Hear HEAR!
Freedom of religion means freedom to choose, stupid
It was universally understood that our individual rights were conferred upon us by our Creator. That premise can be found in the Declaration of Independence, and many other writings and documents of the day. Ignorance to these simple truths is widespread today, but all you have to do is some basic research on your own to understand the original intent.
“The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” ~ John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English philosopher and economist
“The only purpose for which power can rightfully be exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. ... Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.” ~ John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) English philosopher and economist On Liberty (1859)
“Unlike ordinary legislation, a constitution is enacted by the people themselves in their sovereign capacity and is therefore the paramount law.” ~ Justice Frank Cruise Haymond (1887-1972) West Virginia Court of Appeals (1946-1972) Lance v. Board of Education, 170 S.E.2d 783, 793 (1969) (dissent)
“The people are Sovereign. ... at the Revolution, the sovereignty devolved on the people; and they are truly the sovereigns of the country, but they are sovereigns without subjects... with none to govern but themselves; the citizens of America are equal as fellow citizens, and as joint tenants in the sovereignty.” ~ John Jay (1745-1829) first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, First President of the United States - preceding George Washington, one of three men most responsible for the US Constitution Chisholm v. Georgia, (US) 2 Dall 419, 454, 1 L Ed 440, 455 @Dall 1793 pp471-472
“Individualism regards man -- every man -- as an independent, sovereign entity who possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form of association, cooperation or peaceful co-existence among men, can be achieved only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights -- and that a group, as such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members.” ~ Ayn Rand [Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum] (1905-1982) Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter
“[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power -- and even the duty -- to overthrow any government that fails to respect their authority.” ~ Glenn Harlan Reynolds (1960- ) Beauchamp Brogan Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Tennessee The Right to Keep and Bear Arms Under the Tennessee Constitution, A Case Study in Civic Republican Thought, 61 TENN. L. R. 647, 652 (1994)
“In this country sovereignty resides in the people, and Congress can exercise no power which they have not, by their Constitution, entrusted to it: All else is withheld.” ~ U.S. Supreme Court Juilliard v. Greenman, 110 U.S. 421 (1884).
“In the United States, Sovereignty resides in the people, who act through the organs established by the Constitution.” ~ Chisholm v. Georgia Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dall 419, 471
“To admit foreigners indiscriminately to the rights of citizens the moment they put foot in our country would be nothing less than to admit the Grecian horse into the citadel of our liberty and sovereignty.” ~ Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) American statesman, Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, The Examination, No. 9 (January 18, 1802).
Our founding fathers were well educated in the writings and philosophy of John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Charles Montesquieu, among many others. These men represented the new age of European Enlightenment that that natural rights such as life, liberty, and property existed in the state of nature and could never be taken away or even voluntarily given up by individuals. These rights were “inalienable” (impossible to surrender).
You can find more of this view by reading the writings of Frederic Bastiat.
Our founders were ahead of their time, and their idea was a radical departure from the mindset of Government ruling over people as subjects.
Compelling observation, nicely stated....
Thank you for taking the time to post it!