What are some ideas about rights?

People have certain Inalienable Rights including Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness. All Men are created equal. Individuals have a civic duty to defend these rights for themselves and others.

What are the legal rights?

A legal right is “that power which the man has, to make a person or persons to do or restrains from doing a certain act or acts so far as the power arises from society imposing a legal duty upon the person or persons. He states that the “right is not the interest itself, it is the means to enjoy the interest secured”.

What is the question of states’rights in the Constitution?

The Question of States’ Rights: The Constitution and American Federalism (An Introduction) Recently, the Court has recognized limits on the powers of Congress under the Commerce Clause, given fresh meaning to the 10th Amendment, and expanded the doctrine of state sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment.

What does the 10th amendment say about states rights?

States rights are the rights and power that fall to the states, rather than to the federal government, according to the Constitution. States rights are the rights and power that fall to the states, rather than to the federal government, according to the Constitution. Menu Home Understanding States’ Rights and the 10th Amendment Search

What does the Bill of Rights say about state rights?

No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Are there any constitutional questions you can ask a candidate?

In the text for this course the answers to all of these questions are explained and documented. If your candidate does not know the answers, invite him to take a Constitutional seminar at the earliest possible date.