Please show me in the Bill of Rights or the Constitution that guarantees you the right to use a computer.
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Ok, here we go, I'll do it just for you MM, cause I try to like you a little bit.
I usually get PAID to teach but I'll make an exception this time.
EFFECTS
Federal Law
Although the word "privacy" is actually never used in the text of the United States Constitution,[20] there are Constitutional limits to the government's intrusion into individuals' right to privacy. This is true even when pursuing a public purpose such as exercising police powers or passing legislation. The Constitution, however, only protects against state actors. Invasions of privacy by individuals can only be remedied under previous court decisions.
The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States ensures that "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers,
and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
The First Amendment protects the right to free assembly, broadening privacy rights. The Ninth Amendment declares that the fact a right is not explicitly mentioned in the Constitution does not mean that the government can infringe on that right. The Supreme Court recognized the Fourteenth Amendment as providing a substantive due process right to privacy. This was first recognized by several Supreme Court Justices in Griswold v. Connecticut, a 1965 decision protecting a married couple's rights to contraception. It was recognized again in 1973 Roe v. Wade which invoked the right to privacy to protect a woman's right to an abortion.
then MM goes on to ask me in a post below...
Do I even know what rights are?
Naw...probably not MM, as I might have just a public education as you suggest (I do not), and we all know what THAT means, right?
We are discussing "Substantive" rights here and as I know it that means the ability to control your own life and property. They are the core elements of freedom.
Your substantive rights include your right to: (1) life, liberty, and property, (2) freedom of speech and press, (3) right to trial by jury, (4) freedom to travel, (5) freedom of religion, (6) freedom to educate your children as you see fit, (7) right to own and run your own business, (8) right to defend yourself including the right to own guns, and (9) right not to be spied on by government.
The Declaration of Independence expresses this vision well:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Good enough for you?
I think it's time to drop this discussion as far as you and I go, you go ahead and agree to their terms and play your game if it means that much to you. As for me, I don't think I will.
