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Originally Posted by Martian
I love how so many people throw around this "I have a right" stuff.
So what? So what if you have a right.
Ever hear of the right to bear arms? That one is actually spelled out in the constitution. Now please, someone that claims to have a right to not wear masks show me in the constitution where that is stated.
I will wait here...
I see you are back, did you find that right to not wear a mask enumerated in the constitution? Did you find any law that states you have a right to NOT wear a mask?
I didn't think so.
Okay, now we KNOW you have a right to bear arms, so, take your AR-15 and go get on a commercial airline flight and see what happens.
But, wait you said you have a right to bear arms, to carry guns. What do you mean they arrested you when you tried to board a commercial flight brandishing an AR-15.
You see, rights are NOT absolute.
The conservative SCOTUS Justice Scalia said very clearly any right can be regulated. PERIOD.
Public safety, as determined by the government can override ANY right you claim to have. Even those you make up - see, there is no right to not wear a mask.
It doesn't exist.
But, go ahead, throw a hissy fit, and yell and scream. It won't help, but maybe it will make you feel better.
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Your understanding of the United States Constitution has turned that document on "its head". The Constitution doesn't limit citizens in their rights, it proscribes what the federal government is authorized to do … PERIOD! In other words, if it ain't in there, the government is NOT authorized to do it. Now we all know that the federal government has usurped many powers not delegated to it but, as the Tenth Amendment states,
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. If you were to peruse the federal Constitution or the constitutions of the state in question, you would find NO such power delegated to the particular government entity. We could discuss, at length, whether the "government" might assume these powers in a "martial law" situation, but, that is a discussion for another thread/time. Nevertheless, your premise is upside down regarding the rights of citizens -
the government has NO such power unless it is proscribed in the constitution of the state or the federal Constitution. Stating "there is no right to not wear a mask" presumes that if it is not enumerated within the document, then the citizen has NO right to that action; the constitution places limits on the government, not the citizens! Unfortunately, you are not alone in your misunderstanding of the Constitution, you have much company
Fred