2006-11-05 10:14:22 · 15 answers · asked by notme 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The people are suppose to decide, but too much apathy among the people have led to the current erosion of our right, and it is eroding more and more every day, if the American people don't wake up and do something.
2006-11-05 10:17:43 · answer #1 · answered by WC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You decide who you want to govern your government. The choose the people who represents your best interest. That's why we vote.
2006-11-05 18:15:57 · answer #2 · answered by charlie_boy5582 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You do! The government decides if they are going to prosecute if you abuse the rights the Constitution allows you to have.
2006-11-05 18:17:30 · answer #3 · answered by daydoom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The constitution and the Bill of Rights which our government is to uphold and we are to make sure they do.
2006-11-05 18:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by razeumright 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All of our rights are guaranteed by the Constitution ,however when you have a Government that violates that Constitution things get tricky
2006-11-05 18:18:00 · answer #5 · answered by dstr 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As a matter of course, we decide then they try to restrict and infringe upon them, it's how the game has been played for centuries now.
2006-11-05 18:23:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution is a good starting place.
2006-11-05 18:15:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually it is the government, which is chosen to represent us by the people who VOTE
edited for you scorbore-
rights
18. a just claim or title, whether legal, prescriptive, or moral: You have a right to say what you please.
19. Sometimes, rights. that which is due to anyone by just claim, legal guarantees, moral principles, etc.: women's rights; Freedom of speech is a right of all Americans.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/rights
2006-11-05 18:15:40 · answer #8 · answered by kimandchris2 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well we all should make up our own rights, but we are owend by the government sadly
2006-11-05 18:15:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
terrorists taking advantage of those rights to kill us.
Your rights are meaningless if all you are is a pile of ashes, mixed with burning jet fuel on the 82nd floor.
2006-11-05 18:19:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋