The Individual Rights Amendment

Given that the Supreme Court is so reluctant to recognize individual rights, and given the modern confusion about what is and is not a right, I propose a new Freedom Amendment, which I am calling The Individual Rights Amendment.

This amendment in no way restricts the behavior of individuals or organizations of individuals. It only restricts the behavior of governments.

It remedies the authoritarianism of both the left and the right.

The Individual Rights Amendment

This article in no way restricts the behavior of individuals or organizations of individuals. It only restricts the behavior of governments.

A right in this article is a protection of the individual from the power of the government.

An individual in this article is anyone who is a sentient being.

All organizations of individuals whose entire membership has the rights in this article shall also have the rights in this article.

A right shall never compel any individual or organization of individuals to forfeit its time or the fruit’s of its labor.

If any living thing is non-sentient, then it is property and has no rights.

The Congress and the states shall not violate, regulate, restrict, favor, or interfere with the rights of any individual.

Any individual who agrees to this article shall have:

The right to:

• Keep the fruits of one’s labor
• Defend one’s rights
• Own and use land
• Own, trade, and manufacture any individually operated weapon
• Create, join, and train militias
• Consume any substance
• Create and join organizations of individuals

The right to:

• Live
• Die
• Trade
• Reproduce
• Parent
• Enter contracts
• Compete
• Travel
• Relocate one’s residence
• Speak
• Create Art
• Distribute speech and art
• Worship
• Learn
• Explore
• Play
• Dissent
• Opt out
• Secede
• Assemble
• Withhold identity
• Withhold personal information
• Own multiple identities

The right to:

• Associate with any individual
• Avoid any individual
• Offend any individual
• Love any individual
• Hate any individual
• Vote for any individual
• Marry any individuals