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Like sheep led to the slaughter: Judge Andrew Napolitano's latest work, A Nation of Sheep, summarizes the relentless abuse of God-given natural rights tolerated by fearful and apathetic Americans.(Book review)
A Nation of Sheep, Andrew P. Napolitano, Nashville: Thomas Nelson, 2007, 240 pages, hardcover, $22.95. (To order online, go to aobs-store.com, then click on "new products.")
No one has distilled the proper relationship between man and government as eloquently or concisely as Thomas Jefferson in The Declaration of Independence. The "self-evident" truth of unalienable God-given natural rights that precede the state is the most powerful tool for the defense of liberty. This is easily recognized by considering the alternative: if rights are granted by government, then government can just as easily take those rights away, and we have no logical basis to object when they do.
But what are natural rights? The Declaration specifically mentions "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Though not an exhaustive list, it conveys the general thrust: our natural rights consist of our life and the choices we make, so long as those choices don't violate the natural rights of others. The sole purpose of government is to secure these rights.
Because the Constitution was established to "secure the blessings of liberty," it should not be surprising that the Founders recognized within the Constitution and Bill of Rights various specific expressions of our God-given natural rights such as freedom of worship, freedom of speech, the right of self-defense, and the right of privacy.
It is from the foundational principle of natural rights that Judge Napolitano begins his latest book, A Nation of Sheep. He states that he wrote the book "to generate a debate about freedom." Such a debate is desperately needed given the tsunami of legal innovations perpetrated against our natural rights.
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History of Abuses
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- Magazine article from: Iowa Law Review Lynch, Matthew January 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Michigan Law Review Lewis, Sean M. October 1, 2002 700+ words
...Circuit II. BROADLY INTERPRETING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH SUPREME COURT PRECEDENT...III. A BROAD INTERPRETATION OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IS MOST CONSISTENT WITH THE AMENDMENT...apartment building for purposes of the Fourth Amendment. (4) The Sixth Circuit, on the...
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