But even still, the right to a fair trial is an explicit check on someone (i.e. the government) doing something bad to you (e.g. imprisoning you). Positive rig

But even still, the right to a fair trial is an explicit check on someone (i.e. the government) doing something bad to you (e.g. imprisoning you). Positive rights are very much a real thing, but they're very different from negative rights, and they have very different implementation issues.