> The right to a lawyer or legal counsel is a positive right born from the ideal of fairness under the law; I’m not sure framing the American (conservative?) character as so staunchly against positive rights is correct.
This is a negative right: the state cannot prosecute you without a lawyer on your side.
> Police protection is very popular with the right, and that necessarily involves the labour of others.
Police protection is not a right. The police will come and investigate and follow up, maybe, but you can't assume they'll protect you. They might be far away and unable to do so.
This is a negative right: the state cannot prosecute you without a lawyer on your side.
> Police protection is very popular with the right, and that necessarily involves the labour of others.
Police protection is not a right. The police will come and investigate and follow up, maybe, but you can't assume they'll protect you. They might be far away and unable to do so.