What are rights?

What are rights in America? We discuss the rights of people in America more than in any other country on Earth, it seems. But this conversation is almost instantly muddied because people use different definitions for what rights are. This leads to people on both sides of the aisle simply talking past each other. In particular, the conversation about what rights people have is doubly-muddied once the American Constitution and Bill of Rights are thrown into the mix. ...

September 11, 2024 · 4 min · 817 words · A. Blinken