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at Thu Mar 18 21:08:35 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CSRAJim ]
StephF,
Yep, it's a common mistake...However, in a continuation of the Declaration of Independence under inalienable rights (life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness)...You will find it expressed in the state constitutions…Here are 15 examples…
Idaho State Constitution: “Article I, Declaration of Rights, Section 1. All men are by nature free and equal, and have certain inalienable rights, among which are enjoying and defending life and liberty; acquiring, possessing and protecting property; pursuing happiness and securing safety.”
North Carolina State Constitution: “Article I, Declaration of Rights, Section 1. The equality and rights of persons. We hold it to be self-evident that all persons are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Georgia State Constitution: “Article I, Bill of Rights, Section I, Rights of Persons, Paragraph I, Life Liberty, and Property. No person shall be deprived of life, or property except by due process of law.”
Delaware State Constitution: “Preamble, Through Divine goodness, all men have by nature the rights of worshiping and serving their Creator according to the dictates of their consciences, of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring and protecting reputation and property, and in general of obtaining objects suitable to their condition, without injury by one to another; and as these rights are essential to their welfare, for due exercise thereof, power is inherent in them; and therefore all just authority in the institutions of political society is derived from the people, and established with their consent, to advance their happiness; and they may for this end, as circumstances require, from time to time, alter their Constitution of government.”
Washington State Constitution: “Article I, Declaration of Rights, Section 3, Personal Rights. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
Arizona State Constitution: “Article II, Declaration of Rights, Section 4, No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.”
New Jersey State Constitution: “Article I, Rights and Privileges, 1. All persons are by nature free and independent, and have certain natural and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.”
Indiana State Constitution: Article I, Section I, Inherent Rights, WE DECLARE, That all people are created equal; that they are endowed by their CREATOR with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; that all power is inherent in the People; and that all free governments are, and of right ought to be, founded on their authority, and instituted for their peace, safety, and well-being. For the advancement of these ends, the People have, at all times, an indefeasible right to alter and reform their government.”
California State Constitution: “Article I, Declaration of Rights, Section 1. All people are by nature free and independent and have inalienable rights. Among these are enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.”
North Carolina State Constitution: “Article I, Declaration of Rights, Section 1. The equality and rights of persons. We hold it to be self-evident that all persons are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, the enjoyment of the fruits of their own labor, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Alabama State Constitution: “Article I, Declaration of Rights, Section 1. Equality and rights of men. That all men are equally free and independent; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Maine State Constitution: “Article I, Declaration of Rights, Section 1. Natural rights. All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain natural, inherent and unalienable rights, among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty, acquiring, possessing and protecting property, and of pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.”
Texas State Constitution: “Article 1, Bill of Rights, Section 19, Deprivation of Life, Liberty, etc; Due Course of Law. No citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.”
Louisiana State Constitution: “Preamble, We, the people of Louisiana, grateful to Almighty God for the civil, political, economic, and religious liberties we enjoy, and desiring to protect individual rights to life, liberty, and property; afford opportunity for the fullest development of the individual; assure equality of rights; promote the health, safety, education, and welfare of the people; maintain a representative and orderly government; ensure domestic tranquility; provide for the common defense; and secure the blessings of freedom and justice to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this constitution.”
Louisiana State Constitution (Continued): “Article I, Declaration of Rights, 2. Due Process of Law Section 2. No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, except by due process of law.”
Nevada State Constitution: “Article 1, Declaration of Rights, Section 1. Inalienable Rights. All men are by Nature free and equal and have certain inalienable rights among which are those of enjoying and defending life and liberty; Acquiring, Possessing and Protecting property and pursuing and obtaining safety and happiness.”
Later,
Jim.
PS: You have to be a lawyer to find it within the Constitution of the state of New York though...
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CSRAJim
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