“The [individual/citizen] may stand upon his rights as a [creation of the almighty]. He is entitled to carry on his private business in his own way. His power to contract is unlimited. He owes no duty to the State or to his neighbors to divulge his business, or to open his doors to an investigation, so far as it may tend to criminate him. He owes no such duty to the State, since he
***receives nothing*** therefrom His rights are such as existed by the law of the land long antecedent to the organization of the State, and can only be taken from him by due process of law..." Hale v. Henkel, 201 U.S. 43 (1906)