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To: hanamizu

So you claim the 10th Amendment but that does not trump the 1st. That is for powers not in the Constitution. Sorry but the 1st is already there, so the 10th will not work.


89 posted on 03/31/2020 12:40:33 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death)
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To: coon2000

Again, the first Amendment limits the powers of Congress, i.e. the Federal government. It says nothing about state governments. Several states had established churches for many years after the adoption the the Bill of Rights. Courts have since ruled that the states are bound by some of the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights*. I seriously doubt that courts have ruled to limit states’ powers regarding assembly during times of emergencies.

* It wasn’t until June of 2010 that SCOTUS said that states were obliged to follow the 2nd Amendment even though the 2nd does not use the language “Congress shall not...” but the much more direct “...shall not be infringed”.


93 posted on 03/31/2020 1:08:45 PM PDT by hanamizu
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