Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

[Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@sbcglobal.net>]

Michael M. wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 22:04 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
>
>
> > I'm sorry, but that is ridiculous.  Everyone has a right (at least in
> > the US) to the "pursuit of happiness."
>
>
>
> Not really.  The phrase comes from the Declaration of Independence, not
> the Constitution.  There's no explicit right to "the pursuit of
> happiness" in the Bill of Rights.

Yes, really. The purpose of the Constitution was to create a new
political entity, while ensuring that certain Inaleinable Rights
remained inviolate. So, the Constitution must be interpreted in the
light of the Declaration. Nothing in the Constitution can be
interpreted in such a way as to negate the Inaleinable Rights of man.

> Interestingly, though, the phrase was used by Justice Earl Warren in
> Loving v. Virginia, which overturned anti-miscegenation laws.  Warren
> wrote "The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital
> personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free
> men."

Certainly, and correctly, so.

[snip]

Mike
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