Tag: Bill of Rights
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The Second Amendment Isn’t Just for Personal Defense
Don’t let the title of this post mislead you. One of the implied rights guaranteed by the Second Amendment is that you have the right as a citizen of this country to keep and bear arms for your personal self defense. The court system has put this interpretation into actionable law and there is no…
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Separation of Church and State
We tend to forget about many of the basic principles that our country was founded on all those years ago. As we live our lives and form our perceptions of not only the people around us, but the government to which we submit to, we place our own ideologies on top of what the original…
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Why Is Individual Liberty Important?
One of the biggest debates in our modern political climate is the balance between what is best for the individual versus what is best for the community. It is not usually at the forefront of our minds when we think about political issues, but the basis for most arguments from both sides revolves around which…
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Fundamental Rights
I was thinking about this in light of some of the things I’ve been watching and reading lately and I wanted to put it down in writing before the train of thought left me. One of the biggest debates going on in our modern society today is about rights. What constitutes a right and how…