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Essay On Unalienable Rights

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After reviewing The Declaration of Independence and the Preamble of the United States Constitution I’ve found that the term unalienable right, amongst others, means a lot to me and for a lot of people in a lot of different ways. I also found that the U.S. Constitution does so many different things to protect these God given rights through many different examples and processes.
After reading the passage from The Declaration of Independence I’ve found that the term unalienable rights means a lot to me along with a few others that aren’t directly stated such as freedom, security, equality, protection, and justice. The term unalienable rights means, by definition, rights that cannot be taken away. Although, for a lot of people, the term means something different based on their opinions of it. For example, when I see, hear, or read the term unalienable rights I first off think of aliens for obvious reasons, but then the ‘rights’ part comes in and I feel a sense of …show more content…

Constitution protects the principles of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in a lot of different ways known as popular sovereignty, federalism, judicial review, separation of powers, checks and balances, and limited government. The most significant way the government can protect our rights and ensure domestic tranquility is through the example of popular sovereignty. The government derives their powers from the consent of the governed and therefore cannot impose taxes, laws, etc. without the people’s consent to do so. This comes from the people having unalienable rights that cannot be taken away or infringed upon. In so doing, the government is protecting the people’s rights by having them consent or have them give their permission when the government proposes new laws or acts. This is why we vote and elect representatives who will speak on the behalf of the rest of the people and through this representative the people can voice their opinions and views because it is their

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