RESPONSE:

The Constitution is the Drivers Manual for the Government of the United States.

It doesn’t GIVE rights or freedoms TO people, it RESTRICTS Government from taking AWAY the natural rights and creator-given freedoms you already have.

They are actually called the “Miranda Warnings.”

FOLLOW-UP:

All people have certain inalienable rights, and the Constitution and our laws exist to limit the Government from being tyrannical. The (Police, FBI, etc.) have to follow the rules, no matter how big a scum-bag the accused may be.

Your rights and freedoms end the second you cross the border.  It means that our Constitution was designed by the founders to make sure that all people were protected as far as how our Government operates.

We can’t control how other counties handle the natural freedoms and rights people already have, but we can restrict our own Government from taking those natural freedoms and rights away.

UNCOVERS:

Calling something a “war” should never be used to subvert the Constitution. We have a “war” on obesity, but we are not setting up a stake-out at McDonald’s to prevent Joe Citizen from getting a Big Mac.

Similarly, the “right to free speech” only applies to Government taking away that right. It doesn’t prevent your employer from firing you if you scream obscenities at your boss.

SIDE POINTS:

These are rules for Law Enforcement to follow defined by the “drivers manual”, not rights given to a suspect defined by the accuser.

• The Constitution is a manual defining how far the power of Government can go.
• Rights are not given to anyone.  Simply, it prevents the intrusion of Government from taking away your natural rights.
• Strict Constitutionalists and Libertarians should respect this concept.
• It also applies to Christians, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Wickens, Atheists, Pastafarians, Anarchists, and all others.
• Freedom is cool.

On the Miranda warning (Wiki):
The Miranda warning is a warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody, or in a custodial situation, before they are interrogated.  A custodial situation is one in which the suspect’s freedom of movement is restrained (judged by the “free to leave” test), even if he is not under arrest.  An elicited incriminating statement by a suspect will NOT constitute admissible evidence unless the suspect was informed of his/her “Miranda rights” and made a knowing, intelligent, and voluntary waiver of those rights.