Be Honest – Try To Repeal The Second Amendment

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The Articles of Confederation were pre-Constitution, and thrown out.

The quotes from the Articles of Confederation were there merely to show the concept of governments having rights PREDATING the Constitution, just as the concept of rights for persons did.

State constitutions were not what Carl was referring to.

Again, same concept as above.

And judge decisions may have an impact on how things operate, but one mans opinion does not grant a right.

Again, not talking about the granting of rights. The passages I cited clearly show that the founders and their contemporaries believed that government entities possessed rights and powers in contradiction to Carl N. Brown's statemment.

The Consitution of the US grants powers and authorities to the government, not rights.

Exactly. However, that is not what Carl N. Brown claimed. He said governments do not have rights. That is plainly contradicted by numerous statements of the founders and their contemporaries. And as you state the Constitution was not granting rights to governments -- so there was no need to mention them. The Constitution enumerated and granted specific powers to exercise specific rights.