08-21-2017, 07:19 PM
(08-21-2017, 07:12 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Damn, here I thought that we just passed these sort of laws to clarify and reinforce the intent of the bill of rights.
Actually a very common misconception. The Bill of Rights lays out civil liberties, which are different than civil rights. Civil liberties are things we are protected from the government doing to us. Civil rights are things the government protects us from doing to each other.