There is no "right" to do drugs, or to drive, or to marry. You'd have to prove otherwise with something other than opinion. YOu might believe there SHOULD be such a right, but it does not exist.

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I do not need any such right. I am automatically granted all rights whch are not expressly assigned to the government in the constitution. That is one of the bedrock principles upon which our system is built.

I do not need any such right. I am automatically granted all rights whch are not expressly assigned to the government in the constitution. That is one of the bedrock principles upon which our system is built.

Again, you are stating a personal belief which is NOT supported by law or history. THis is tiring. If you don't have anything new to add, I'm moving on. Arguing with "libertarians" is like arguing with medeival christians...

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You seem to be of the opinion that individual rights are limited to those that are specifically enumerated in the constitution. Perhaps you'd care to divulge the basis for this opinion.

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--Hunter S. Thompson

The idea of "rights" does not extend into every avenue of our lives. The "right" to marry is contingent on getting a license and meeting other requirements. The "right" to drink is violated in many dry counties throughout the US. As a simple matter of fact, there is no right to drive, or marry, or drink, or shoot heroin. That is a dogmatic belief, not supported by law or history.

You (and your friends) trivialize the idea of "rights" when you try to extend it to every pleasure or vice you personally want to participate in.

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Try these two amendments

9. The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

10. The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

After reading these can you explain how my contention that "I am automatically granted all rights whch are not expressly assigned to the government in the constitution." is only my personal opinion?

Yawn... Goodbye. The earth is round, deal with it...

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Those rights are inherent. Limitations of those rights are justified only when the government can show a compelling state interest. The only reason government can force me to get a drivers license is because the government has shown a compelling interest in maintaining the safety of the public roads and other drivers. That is true of every limitation on freedom which is not explicitly written in to the constitution.

If you have no answer you could at least have the grace to admit your mistake.

So, in your opinion, we should not have the ability to do anything legally if it is not a Constitutional right?

It's on a case by case basis. Getting high does NOT rank up with a constitutional right, and anyone who says differently is confusing hedonism with freedom.

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Should we not be allowed to have sex with a condom? What about strip clubs? How can you possibly justify banning an individual from doing something that does not harm others?

Cities can set severe limits on "strip" clubs, if not ban them outright. The SC has ruled that laws like condoms, like rules about sodomy, are not "unconstitutional" per se, but unenforceable and has struck them down for that reason.

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Ahh... so you find it to be reasonable to strike down "unenforceable" laws, such as laws about condoms, sodomy, and drug possession. It took a while, but it's never to late to get on the winning side of an argument. Even within the framework of your desire to legislate your personal ethos and subjective caprice (justifying it with cliches about 'hedonism' and "if it feels good, do it"), you still cannot call drug prohibition laws reasonable - they are simply unenforceable.

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Drug laws are absolutely enforceable. Ask the people in prison right now.

Lots of big words usually hide a weak argument.

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