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Which term refers to the rights that cannot be taken away by the government?
unalienable rights
What is the purpose of the constitutional rights?
We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Contrary to popular belief, the Constitution does not grant rights to the people but expressly prohibits the government from interfering in certain unalienable rights that can only be given (and thus can only be taken) by our Creator. Many of the other papers and communications of the founding fathers also supports these beliefs and the Constitution was actually written to limit the powers of the federal government and not to grant rights to we the people.
The framers believed that the primary purpose of government was to?
The framers believed that the primary purpose of government was to secure our unalienable rights.
When the declaration of independence says that unalienable rights are endowed by their creator it means those rights are what?
They are rights that cannot be taken away by anyone, including the government, and those rights are "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness".
The unalienable rights mentioned in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are rights that?
Are given to people by God- not by any government. As such, no government has the ability to take them away from you.
