Strictly speaking, the First Amendment says that CONGRESS shall make no law. So, the states (per the 10th) could establish some restrictions. But, by convention, it was decided long ago, that the First Amendment covered all government: Federal, state, local.
Oddly enough, the Second Amendment does not mention Congress. The Second is a sweeping statement that covers everything imaginable and says that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. By anyone. And, somehow, it was decided a long time ago that the Feds can infringe, the states can infringe, and the local governments can infringe.
Just remember, the Declaration of Independence upon which our Constitution, the Supreme Law of the land stands, says that we are endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights, among which are Life, Liberty, and Free pursuits.
Our rights do NOT come from Gov’t they come from God and our rights pre-exists gov’t which is made to SECURE those rights.
So the first ten amendments are not a bill granting rights to us (”bill of rights”). They are a confirmation and securing of certain rights that already belong to us.
Courts are supposed to interpret law NOT make law!
I am to this day confused. A judge has no power,
unless someone does his bidding.
Who is the problem? the judge or the people that
kill, imprison, and destroy on his decisions?
Seems to me that Democrats hide behind a
Democrat judge to all our loss of free
and open thoughts!
Most of those rights are in the State Constitutions. Each state was told to write a constitution. The Federal Bill of Rights just took it to include the future “We The People”.
Tim Kaine (D) comes to mind.
I’ve been putting pressure on his call takers for 10 days.
The rapid and dramatic news cycle has saved him.
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The 10th Amendment essentially states, if we forgot anything, you can't do that either.