The constitution of the United States of America does several things.
1.) It defines human rights for citizens of the United States.
2.) It sets up the organization for the US government.
3.) It provides for a way to pay for the federal government.
4.) It provides for a way to protect the US from being invaded.
It really is a simple system. As it is designed, it is a good system.
Beware when people talk about the federal government as if it is an evil entity. It is not. It is a governmental system "of the people, by the people and for the people."
A government which is concerned with human rights is a very limited government.
There really isn't much power or prestige for a government which is solely concentrated on human rights.
Beware the people who are trying to limit the power of the federal government. These people are trying to limit the federal government's ability to serve the people.
It really is true. States' Rights People are always campaigning to pull human rights out of the federal government and put them into the state government. The problem with this, is that state governments are not concerned with human rights. State rights people are conerned with giving more power to the individual--they just use fancy language to state their point and most people don't realize what they are trying to do.
Look at the following issues. They are all things that deal with human rights:
Birth control
Abortion
Defining marriage
Prayer in school
School vouchers
I would also put access to voting in this category because states have tried to control access to voting and every four years we see what a fiasco they have made of the system.
Gun control. Yes. This is a human right.
