When whoever wrote the Declaration of Independence said " that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness", is referring to property when he said "pursuit of happiness", which is unalienable according to this Declaration, which literally means it cannot be "Liened" upon. The entire Revolutionary was was over the "Righ…
When whoever wrote the Declaration of Independence said " that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness", is referring to property when he said "pursuit of happiness", which is unalienable according to this Declaration, which literally means it cannot be "Liened" upon. The entire Revolutionary was was over the "Right to Property", and this war is still going on 248 years later and further, We the People have not won this war yet; however, they will and this time it will be a conclusive win.
This is why the Founders wrote the Fifth Amendment, which most consider concerns self-incrimination in criminal cases, which is true; however, IMO it was written to assure that taking of property without due process of Law that Congress enacted constitutionally IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, period, end of story.
The myth that the word happiness was substituted to mean property in our Constitution is partly truth. The idea of happiness also includes not only the right to own property, but also the right to exist unmolested or be intimidated by others preventing the state of happiness. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to spell out exactly what the generality of the phrase means. Smart thinking of one of the founding fathers…unfortunately legislators still create laws in general terms which allows nefarious interpretations.
Jon:
When whoever wrote the Declaration of Independence said " that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness", is referring to property when he said "pursuit of happiness", which is unalienable according to this Declaration, which literally means it cannot be "Liened" upon. The entire Revolutionary was was over the "Right to Property", and this war is still going on 248 years later and further, We the People have not won this war yet; however, they will and this time it will be a conclusive win.
This is why the Founders wrote the Fifth Amendment, which most consider concerns self-incrimination in criminal cases, which is true; however, IMO it was written to assure that taking of property without due process of Law that Congress enacted constitutionally IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL, period, end of story.
Dean
The myth that the word happiness was substituted to mean property in our Constitution is partly truth. The idea of happiness also includes not only the right to own property, but also the right to exist unmolested or be intimidated by others preventing the state of happiness. The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution to spell out exactly what the generality of the phrase means. Smart thinking of one of the founding fathers…unfortunately legislators still create laws in general terms which allows nefarious interpretations.