Individual Rights

The first constitution of the United States was, the Articles of Confederation. The Articles of confederation gave states rights the ultimate power to control individual rights. This is why some states were able to proclaim that Indigenous People were not entitled to any rights or considerations and that they were not human. It is why Confederate states were able to declare that Black People were not human and could be bought and sold as livestock. It became abundantly clear that to protect individual rights, there would have to be a stronger Federal Government. So,on March 4, 1789 the Articles of Confederation were rescinded and our current constitution was ratified. Abuse of state power isn't something new. There is a group of people that have always tried to decide who should have individual rights and who should not . We are now on the verge of losing all individual rights . The People have never fully understood what individual rights meant . Individual Rights are so extensive that the idea of enumerating all of the would have been so enormous that someone would still be enumerating them . Instead, it was decided that the 9th and 10th amendments would protect those rights . Unfortunately , states have tried to usurp those two amendments . And we have allowed them to get away with it. The one thing that has remained consistent since the founding of the United States is that rights may be guaranteed, but if we plan to keep them we will always have to fight for them. One of the ways that we have to figjt is to fight is through elections. We have to understand that every elected position is as important as as any other. We have a responsibility to vote in every single election. Of course we can always allow the constitution to be replaced by a new version of the Articles of Confederation. Unless that is what we want, we had better learn that no democratic form of government can survive as a spectator sport .