TimS comments on Rationality Quotes Thread January 2016 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: bogus 30 January 2016 03:04:27PM *  0 points [-]

cited the due process and equal protection clauses, not natural rights

Huh? What would the word "protection" in the latter clause refer to, if not protection of natural rights?

Comment author: TimS 30 January 2016 05:07:31PM 0 points [-]

It's a controversial position that natural rights are what the Constitution protects, even among legal scholars who think the Constitution should be interpreted according to original public meaning (most "originalists").