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On this topic our educational system has failed us. I have recently had conversations with a number of very intelligent and well-educated people who do not understand the basics of our Constitution and what makes the US different from every other country.
To get a basic understanding of why our country was created and why we are so much different, we must look back to our founding.
In the Declaration Of Independence our founder wrote
The difference that our founders are pointing out is that our rights are not from given by our government, they are endowed by our creator. Governments only power is to secure these rights.
Next we need to understand why we have the Bill of Rights.
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Do not mistake this for a political statement; all modern politicians have contributed to this breaking down of our constitutional protections. No Democrat or Republican is free from blame.
Over the coming weeks I will take some of the major protections from the Bill of Rights and see how they have been degraded.