Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice.
What's so natural about rights? Well, a lot of our state constitutions actually call some rights "natural." And state courts consider all kinds of rights of the "natural" variety, from life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness to the right to worship to the right to earn a living. In State Court Report, Anthony Sanders, the director of IJ's Center for Judicial Engagement, summarizes the family of "natural," "inherent," "unalienable," and "fundamental" rights—both "enumerated" and "unenumerated"—and what state courts are doing these days to protect them.
This week on the Short Circuit podcast: One gun a month is too few, even in the Ninth Circuit.
