(August 5, 2013 at 6:07 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: And yet, we still have a right to privacy, enshrined in common law...Are we no longer a nation of laws?...there can be no claim to legitimacy in our government if that is the case.What makes you think the USA is a country of laws anymore? Remember "if congress refuses to act, I will." I've given up on politics.
In essence you are correct. Rights are inherent to our humanity. But the 200+ year experiment has ended. The tyrants have won. I choose to shrug.