On 12/04/2010 04:53 PM, David A. Schultz wrote:
Voting is a fundamental right.
Nothing that is created by a constitution of government or that derives
from one (statute, court decision), should be properly designated a
"fundamental right". That term that should be reserved for rights
arising from the pre-constitutional constitutions of nature, society,
or the state (society in exclusive possession of a territory). Anything
that is created by legislative enactment can be destroyed by repeal or
rescission of that enactment, and that includes written constitutions
of government. A better word for such is "privilege".
-- Jon
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