If life is an inalienable right, doesn't that make the death penalty unconstitutional?
The Declaration isn't a legal document.
>>78998143
Is prison unconstitutional?
Liberty is also said to be an inalienable right in the same document.
>>78998143
Because when you are convicted of committing certain crimes, some of your rights are forfeited.
>>78998657
Then they aren't inalienable right?
>>78998254
thats bullshit
this is where the law inevitably fails
the law holds itself higher than it needs to be
We have the liberty to choose to follow laws or not follow laws. You have the freedom to do as you wish, so long as you accept the consequences that follow those choices.
>>78999570
>durr the right to healthcare isn't slavery because doctors can choose to become doctors hurr
>>78998143
If shitposting brings OP happiness, and the pursuit of happiness is an inalienable right, is it wrong to ban him for it?
>>78998143
If you are found in contempt of the law through due process you may have your constitutionally granted rights taken away
The Deceleration is not a legal document as someone else said
Melt man with the power to... melt
>>78998143
>If life is an inalienable right, doesn't that make the death penalty unconstitutional?
yes it does, for the state to deprive a person of their life is an unconscionable violation.
a lifetime sentence at hard labor as punishment for extreme crimes however...
>>78998886
that's right.
people being murdered is kind of proof that it is alienable.
