Proposed 28th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America

[xiphias]

28. Inasmuch as we hold it self-evident that all people are granted certain inalienable rights by their Creator, and that the rights enumerated in the Constitution are examples of such rights, it is recognized that none but people have such rights, and, further, that all people have such rights simply by their nature as people, regardless of nationality.

Anyone want to nitpick or bug-check this phrasing?

If this is workable, though, let's start writing our congresscritters and state legislatures to start the process to get this thing ratified.

Comments

[cellio]

I don't think it'll work without a definition of "person", and any definition of "person" you'll find suitable won't pass muster with the anti-choicers, who will politic this to death.

It might be better to only try to do one side of this -- associations of people (including corporations) are not people and don't have the rights that people do.