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To: Jim Robinson
Supreme Court justice agrees: First Amendment limits only Congress

Huh?

The Equal Protection Clause is part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The clause, which took effect in 1868, provides that no state shall deny to any person within its jurisdiction "the equal protection of the laws".
29 posted on 05/10/2014 12:05:48 PM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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To: caveat emptor
>>Supreme Court justice agrees: First Amendment limits only Congress
>
>Huh?

The 1st Amd. specifically prohibits "congress" from passing sertain classes of laws — so even if it were incorporated against the States it should have no effect… unless you care to explain (a) how the incorporation is a magical process that alters the text, and (b) how such alteration cannot be used as an engine of tyranny.

Most states have 'legislatures' or 'assemblies' as their legislative-body -- I cannot think of a single one which calls theirs a "congress".

70 posted on 05/10/2014 5:36:17 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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