[quote=@Odin]I see what you're saying about the right already existing but again, that implies that there is some sort of higher power (God) giving you that right. This raises all kinds of questions. How can we measure it? What are the limits? Are these limits in line with what God wants them to be? If not then aren't we, the people, trampling on those rights now? If God wants us to have these rights why does he allow people to trample them? Why doesn't the Pope, literal incarnate God on Earth, also allow these things? Do we consult the Pope for policy making advise? [/quote] Legally speaking, all it means is that these rights are more important than the government. Your right to assemble with other humans trumps [i]anything[/i] that DC wants to do. Your right to vote is considered "sacred" by law -- whether that's what Xenu really wants or not. The right to own guns is not drawn from any religion anywhere, it comes from the principle that... okay bad example there's a lot of debate about where that comes from. The incarnate god on earth who gets 'consulted' (post-facto) on what this all means is the Supreme Court. I totally do understand what you're driving at, I just don't have time to get to the state constitutions before leaving for work. Short version is there's fifty of the damned things and their writing spans a broad timeline (and also I'm familiar with roughly one, and couldn't quote a word of it)