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Does the Holocaust Rule Apply
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I'm talking about the death penalty, which is government imposed. Self-defense, at least, generally, is not. But the government can, in certain circumstances, limit or take away certain rights. (Unless you want to define the rights not to include certain unreasonable exercises of them.)
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In some sense, the government can take away your right to liberty by imprisoning you, but I don't think people see that as a violation of your rights because it's understood that the right to liberty is limited in this way. So I think we're talking about the contours of the rights, not whether they can be taken away or not.
But then there's the right to vote, which you lose if you commit a felony. So, I don't know.
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