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Politics : View from the Center and Left
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To: JohnM who wrote (10260)1/29/2006 3:29:51 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) of 541747
 
But this is the case with most rights. The right to vote for women, for African American males, etc. was an assertion that states or municipalities could not rule against. Neither mandated that one had to vote.

You're getting your players mixed up. (Either that or creating a strawman. <g>) No, one is not obligated to vote. And no, one is not obligated to shop on Sunday. We who have the right (in the case of voting) or the freedom (in the case of shopping) are not obligated to exercise either, as you say. My distinction is between a right and a freedom. Yes, I know you don't much like nuance so I'll leave it alone.

Or, you might have argued that you simply disagreed with the SC interpretation of the Constitution that it was a right.

I am delighted that the SC found the right to privacy in the Constitution and that abortions are legal. My only objection to your claiming that they found a right to an abortion rather than a right to choose.
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