Where Do Rights Come From ? By David L. Miner In the last essay, we discussed the Constitution for the United States of America. We saw that the Constitution created America, and we saw that virtually all our elected representatives totally ignore the Constitution except when it serves their own agendas. In the last issue, we looked briefly at the source of laws. In this issue, we will explore the source of rights. Where do rights come from? When our Founding Fathers considered the initial beginnings of this nation, they faced that question. After many hours of deep discussion, they considered something that perhaps never before was considered. All through history, it was accepted as fact that rights were granted by those in power to those being ruled. Some governments went to great lengths to guarantee the rights granted to the individuals. Sadly, some governments never worried about that at all. But rights were always believed to rest with the government. Until