The Unalienable Rights of Man

Chris Cuomo interviewing AL Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore

Mark Alexander writes about how Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore (Politico gives a decent profile yet as expected is a bit judgmental by I think to attain to neutrality) contradicts Lefty Chris Cuomo (Andrew’s bro and Mario’s son) assertion that America’s Rights and Laws come from Man’s collective agreement and compromise. Cuomo’s assertion was in response to Moore’s assertion that “Rights contained in the Bill of Rights do not come from the Constitution, they come from God.”

God bless Roy Moore and my fellow Americans be wary of the American Left propaganda. That propaganda is a part of President Barack Hussein Obama’s 2008 promise to fundamentally transform America. That transformation agenda is to increase government meddling, decrease the influence of our Christian heritage, embrace a Socialist-Democratic governing model that weakens our future with Multiculturalism trumping our Founding Fathers.

See Also Mark Levin on Cuomo’s assertion.

JRH 2/19/15

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The Unalienable Rights of Man

A Brief Civics Lesson on the Fundamentals of Liberty

By Mark Alexander

Feb. 18, 2015

The Patriot Post

“God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that His justice cannot sleep forever.” –Thomas Jefferson (1774)

Just in time for the faux celebration of “Presidents' Day” this week, faux CNN celebrity “journalist” Chris Cuomo, brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (both heirs to the Mario Cuomo Demo Dynasty), managed to dispense with the Declaration of Independence and its 239 year enshrinement of American Liberty – in a mere 10 seconds.

In Cuomo’s interview with a real Patriot, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, on a Tenth Amendment (States' Rights) issue, Judge Moore stated that the “Rights contained in the Bill of Rights do not come from the Constitution, they come from God.”

Cuomo, endeavoring to redefine the origin of Rights, rebutted, “Our rights do not come from God, your honor, and you know that. They come from man. … That’s your faith, that’s my faith, but that’s not our country. Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise.”

I am quite sure that Judge Moore, a West Point graduate, Army captain and Vietnam veteran who later earned his JD and embarked on a law career, wanted to grab Cuomo, who has spent his entire adult life as a media talkinghead, and slap some sense into him.

Instead, Judge Moore responded thoughtfully and respectfully, paraphrasing our Declaration’s foundational assertion, which reads, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator [not man] with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among [not over] Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed [not the government].”

Given that Cuomo’s knowledge of history and law is unduly limited by his Ivy League education, and unduly revisionist by his Democratic Party indoctrination, allow me to provide an elementary civics lesson in regard to the words “endowed by their Creator.”

First, Cuomo argues, “Our rights do not come from God. … That’s your faith, that’s my faith…”

Wrong, wrong and wrong.

The first paragraph of our Declaration references “the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them,” which informs the words “endowed by their Creator” in the second paragraph.

To better understand what is meant by “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God,” recall that our Declaration’s signers were not of one mind on matters of theology and doctrine. They were Christians, Deists and Agnostics, but they did, however, uniformly declare that the Rights of all people were, are and forever will be innate and unalienable, as established by “the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.”

This is not an article of “faith” as Cuomo assumes. It is the assertion that the right to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” while enshrined in our Declaration, is inherent and applicable to all humans of every nation, religion, race and ethnicity, for all time.

It makes no difference what your concept of “Nature’s God” or our “Creator” is, or whether you even subscribe to any such conceptualization. You, and all people, are entitled to Liberty and all the rights it embodies.

As Founder Alexander Hamilton wrote, “The sacred Rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among parchments and musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.”

Next, Cuomo insisted, “That’s not our country. Our laws come from collective agreement and compromise.”

Now that is an absurdly malleable heap of horse pucky. Cuomo has discounted the universal guidance of the Declaration, as if our Founders intended the Constitution as a substitute for it. Of course, it did no such thing, nor was that the intent of our Constitution’s delegation or ratification.

In that regard, I note that on the occasion of the Declaration’s 50th anniversary, James Madison (our Constitution’s principle author) wrote to Thomas Jefferson (our Declaration’s principle author), that the Constitution was subordinate to the Rights enshrined in our Declaration. Madison noted, “On the distinctive principles of the Government … of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in … The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.”

In other words, although the Articles of Confederation and its successor, the U.S. Constitution, were the contractual agreements binding the several states into one union – E Pluribus Unum – the innate Rights of Man identified in the Declaration are the overarching act of that union, and would never be negotiable by way of “collective agreement and compromise.”

Nor are those Rights negotiable today or tomorrow.

However, Cuomo’s conflation of Rights and laws asserts that the Rights of Man are, at any time, subject to the whims of agreement and compromise. Again, one wonders what part of “they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights” Cuomo doesn’t understand. Perhaps it’s the “unalienable” part, which means “unable to be taken away or transferred.”

Not only do Cuomo and his leftist ilk refuse to acknowledge that the Rights of Man are non-negotiable, but they subscribe to the errant notion of a “living constitution” – one which is subject to executive and legislative encroachment, and particularly judicial amendment by diktat, instead of its prescribed method of amendment in Article V.

Though they take solemn oaths to “to Support and Defend” our Constitution, most politicians on the Left and too many on the Right ignore that obligation, and have trampled Constitutional Rule of Law with reckless abandon. The implications for Liberty are dire.

The debate between Judge Moore and Cuomo is the foundational basis of all historical debate regarding Liberty and tyranny, or in contemporary political parlance, between Right and Left – between conservatives and liberals. The core question being debated: Who endows the Rights of Man, God (as ordained in natural law) or government (ordained by man)?

The Left’s position has been made plainly evident by Barack Hussein Obama, who has a history of deliberately and repeatedly omitting the words “endowed by their Creator” when citing in open constituent forums the Declaration’s reference to “Rights.”

Obama and other contemporary leftist protagonists seek to substitute Liberty as ensured under Rule of Law with the rule of men. They do so because the former is predicated on the principle that Liberty is innately “endowed by our Creator,” while the latter asserts that government is the sole arbiter and grantor of Liberty.

Ignorance of the true and eternal source of the Rights of Man is fertile ground for the Left’s assertion that government endows such Rights. It is also perilous ground, soaked with the blood of generations of American Patriots defending Liberty at home and around the world. Indeed, as Jefferson wrote, “The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

Our Founders concluded our Declaration with this pledge to each other, and all who would follow: “With a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.”

Millions of fellow Patriots honor that pledge today, and stand ready to extend Liberty to the next generation.

(To promote Liberty and recruit additional Patriots to our ranks, please distribute our Essential Liberty Pocket Guide to your family, friends and colleagues.)

Pro Deo et Constitutione – Libertas aut Mors
Semper Fortis Vigilate Paratus et Fidelis

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What happened to our government? (opinion)

Here is a civics lesson that Leftists probably do not want you to see.

JRH 3/24/12 (Hat Tip: Vicki)

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What happened to our government? (opinion)

By Hesh Goldstein

March 21, 2012

NaturalNews.com

(NaturalNews) When I was a little kid growing up in Newark and going to Bergen Street elementary school, I remember a teacher reading something to us in class one day. It went something like this:

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness".

These words are from our Declaration of Independence, and unfortunately, not from our Constitution. And from these principles, we Americans, lay claim to a rather unique and somewhat revolutionary legacy. That being that every person can lay claim to his or her own sovereignty just by being born, and that these rights don't come from any government or person.

One of the basic principles on which our country was founded is that individuals have all these rights. Unfortunately, we give away some of them to our government. This is done voluntarily as it is not the law.

An opposing view says that government has all the rights and powers, and gives whatever it decides is appropriate back to the people.

I also learned, as a kid, that we were in government of the people, by the people, and for the people. And most people expect that the government leaders we elect keep certain concepts in mind: they're going to keep us safe, they will better help us manage our resources most efficiently for our mutual benefit, and will respect our decisions to live our lives as we choose.

As you are reading this, I'm sure you grew up understanding this concept as well. But a strange thing has happened. Bit by bit our community lets our freedoms die and allows our elected politicians to have more power over our daily lives.

In Hawaii County, for example, there is a ban on using plastic bags to put your groceries in. This may not seem like a big deal but in reality, it's just another grab of power by government. It's a case of 5 out of 9 County Council members and the mayor telling 185,000 people how they should live part of their lives without even the courtesy of a referendum. Needless to say if there were a referendum at least the people would all get a vote.

This may sound extremely insignificant but it's the latest in a lot of laws that are geared to micro-manage peoples daily lives.

But it doesn't end with banning plastic bags. We're told what kind of light bulbs to buy, we are told what kind of shower heads to use, what toilet bowls to use, what water heaters are appropriate, what windows work best in our homes, what types of fat, in our foods, are best to eat, what's an acceptable salt content, what kind of foods we should give our kids to take to school, and now, a consideration of the best toilet paper to use.

At the other end of the rights spectrum is the Obamacare law mandating that everyone obtain government-specified health insurance that includes micro-chipping. And if you're alive and breathing, you must obey!

So, if the federal power, to enact such economic mandates is upheld by the US Supreme Court, Congress would be free to require anything of the citizens in the name of a regulatory plan, and fundamentally alter the relationship of the state to the people.

If the Constitution would no longer limit federal power, what would stop Congress theoretically from legally requiring that people buy and eat sauerkraut?

Okay, so I'm taking a walk on the wild side. But when was the last time a law was passed that gave us back an individual right or power?

It seems as if this is a one directional government. One that takes away personal sovereignty and rights and one that gives more power and control to government.

That being the case, what can we, the freedom-loving people do?

First of all, we have to recognize the problem and resist it at every turn. We have to demand that all of our politicians, be they federal, state, city, Council, or what ever, respect our individual rights and our freedom of choice and stop passing these insane laws.

We have to change our charters, our bylaws, and our ideals and put the power back into the hands of the people and truly make that elected official a representative of the people.

We have to refuse to vote for any politician who does not respect our freedoms, including the president and all the ones that support his ridiculous insanities.

We used to be, as I said earlier, a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

But lately, our politicians accept campaign contributions and continuing contributions, while in office, from Monsanto, Pfizer, Syngenta, Dow, and others that simply want laws passed to support their businesses.

Monsanto says they want to feed the world but they don't want their garbage labeled. The pharmaceutical industry says that boys need to be vaccinated to protect them from getting cervical cancer when they don't have a cervix. And to justify this they take their former corporate executives and put them in charge of the government agencies that approve or disapprove their corporate products.

This is not the time for complacency. The best way to vote for change is to re-elect none of them.

Aloha!

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About the author:

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I am 73. I have been a vegetarian since 1975 years and a vegan since 1990. I have no illnesses and take no meds. I play basketball 2 hours a week, am in 2 softball leagues, racewalk, body surf, do stand-up paddling, do weight workouts and teach women's self defense classes based upon 25 years of Wing Chun training.

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Aloha!

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