Inalienable Rights

James Madison

"Inalienable rights" is a concept that's hard to conceive. It makes you traffic in terms like "freedom" and "liberty" which are not necessarily fungible. One person's exercise of "liberty" can impinge on another's "freedom." Yet this precept at the heart of the Bill of Rights is the most precious of all those conferred on individuals by the constitution since it also protects the individual from the crowd. Majority rule is a mantra of democracy, but you  don't need a majority to allow an utterance when it comes to the First Amendment. In these fractious times it's hard to give credence to one faint cry amidst the roar of the mob.

read "Frankel" by Francis Levy, Vol. 1 Brooklyn

and listen to "Many Rivers to Cross" by Jimmy Cliff