BlueCollarCritic
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At the Feinstein Gun Ban hearings Senator Ted Cruz of Texas asked Feinstein about the constitutionality of her gun ban and the idea that Congress can tell Americans what arms they can bare . At the end of the video at the below link Senator Dick Durbin makes the statement that ‘Rights Are Not Absolute’.
So are our rights absolute?
According to Dick Durban and presumably most if not all of the Federal Government the answer is NO. The Constitution, that ‘pain in the butt of the Federal Government’ document however says they are.
According to the Merrian-Webster Dictionary the definition of
Inalienable - incapable of being alienated, surrendered or transferred.
Absolute – (2) being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority completely free from constitutional or other restraint
While the claim that Senator Durbin does not speak for all of the Senate can be made and I imagine that at least one debunker will or would have made that debunking claim, but we all know that this attitude of Durbin is not unique to Durban. Most of all 3 branches of government believe that they dictate to the rest of us what we can and can not do and they consider the Bill Of Rights and Constitution as recommendations and as Durbin has said, not absolute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSTw0TCcFcY
So are our rights absolute?
According to Dick Durban and presumably most if not all of the Federal Government the answer is NO. The Constitution, that ‘pain in the butt of the Federal Government’ document however says they are.
According to the Merrian-Webster Dictionary the definition of
Inalienable - incapable of being alienated, surrendered or transferred.
Absolute – (2) being, governed by, or characteristic of a ruler or authority completely free from constitutional or other restraint
While the claim that Senator Durbin does not speak for all of the Senate can be made and I imagine that at least one debunker will or would have made that debunking claim, but we all know that this attitude of Durbin is not unique to Durban. Most of all 3 branches of government believe that they dictate to the rest of us what we can and can not do and they consider the Bill Of Rights and Constitution as recommendations and as Durbin has said, not absolute.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSTw0TCcFcY