natural rights

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“Democracy is not something you earn by virtue of the crime rate or inflation rate. Democracy is something you earn by virtue of natural rights we recognize under our Constitution,” Raskin said.

From Washington Post

“The 1619 Project is patriotic in its commitment to Enlightenment values like liberty, equality, and freedom of speech and religion, and in its insistence that these natural rights be granted to all Americans,” Woody Holton, a historian at the University of South Carolina, said in an email.

From Washington Times

Myers argued that the Kansas Supreme Court’s 2019 decision violates a provision of the state’s Bill of Rights guaranteeing “natural rights,” including “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

From Seattle Times

And as to the claim that the Constitution had been written “exclusively by and for the white race,” Curtis labeled this a mere “assumption,” contradicted by the Preamble, which calls for a “more perfect union,” and the Declaration of Independence’s promise of natural rights.

From New York Times

They, like the Founders, understood that the Second Amendment’s purpose was to ensure that the people were armed and always capable of defending their natural rights, whether against an invading army, a tyrannical government or criminal actors.

From Washington Times