Governments exist to protect rights, not grant them. This was a core truth of our founding fathers beliefs and their entire justification for why it was OK for them to break British law and rebel against King George III.
If you have rights only because a government grants them, then they are not rights, they are privileges.
It is a core American belief, the core American belief, that a government that violates rights is illegitimate because governments are instituted among men to protect certain unalienable rights.
From the article:
Mohsen Mahdawi, a legal permanent resident, has lived in the United States for 10 years and was arrested in Vermont. He has not been charged with a crime...
Governments exist to protect rights, not grant them. This was a core truth of our founding fathers beliefs and their entire justification for why it was OK for them to break British law and rebel against King George III.
If you have rights only because a government grants them, then they are not rights, they are privileges.
It is a core American belief, the core American belief, that a government that violates rights is illegitimate because governments are instituted among men to protect certain unalienable rights.
And here's the latest update to the extra-judicial sh*tshow that we're witnessing in real time:
• "Columbia Activist Arrested by ICE at His Appointment for Citizenship" -- https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/nyregion/columbia-student...