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The Rights Permanence Amendment says that once Americans gain a genuine right, the government should not be able to take it away without an extraordinary reason.
It protects rights from political manipulation, court changes, and bad-faith rollbacks, while still allowing unjust or discriminatory laws to be corrected.
The goal is simple: rights should be stable, trustworthy, and protected from political gamesmanship.
Authors: Doug OdomTopics: Rights & LibertiesType: FullRevision:2Originally published: 6/9/2026
The Rights Permanence Technical Framework provides the administrative blueprint for enforcing rights permanence. While the companion explanation paper defines the principle that recognized rights should not be arbitrarily stripped away, this paper explains how that principle would be applied in practice.