Noting that Jefferson wrote that our rights are unalienable and granted by God, he wrote that recognition of these “inherent rights” propelled our nation to liberty over a tyrant. Respect for our God-given rights, he added, is essential to “ensure the Jeffersonian Truths” expressed in the Declaration.

He added:

Congress has a responsibility to ensure the Jeffersonian Truths of the Declaration of Independence are protected for current and future generations of Americans.

Of these rights, the right to life received primacy in Jefferson’s list for a reason: without the right to life, how would an individual’s rights become vested? How could any other rights be realized if one’s very life could be taken away by another who is exercising their right to liberty or pursuit of happiness? Jefferson articulated a prioritized set of rights; first the right to life, then the right to liberty, then the pursuit of happiness. Each right was carefully prioritized in sequential order because the right to life trumps all other rights. No one can take a human life in exercising their liberties and no one can take a life or take away the liberty of another in their pursuit of happiness. If the right to life can be taken by another, then no right of anyone is protected.

King wrote that Americans have traded off Jefferson’s brilliant specificity for “a vague and inherently meaningless set of legalistic ‘emanations’ and ‘penumbras’ seemingly conjured out of thin air” by the high court. He concluded Americans need to “reclaim our birthright,” from those he said have “betrayed Jefferson’s vision.”

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