Virginia & N. Carolina have outlawed prostitution.
Sure hugh, just like CA has "outlawed" assault weapons.. Dream on.
No doubt they have a ton of stupid laws about it, some legal, some not. But, -- in a Constitutional sense, it is not prohibited. "
"States only 'think' they have prohibitive powers.
For alcohol it's a moot point. -- Any adult in any State can order booze delivered from out of state sources, regardless of State 'laws'."
You are dreadfully confused over the difference between a state having the power to make a law, and an individual having the ability get away with violating it.
You think that if an individual can violate a law, it proves that the State's law was unconstitutional, or null and void!
You're making up what I "think" hugh.
State laws that violate our BOR's are null & void, thus people ignore them and "get away" with it.
Tell me tpaine, can a state outlaw drunk driving?
Drunken driving is a criminal act on public lands & throughfares.
Drunken driving on your own private land cannot be "outlawed'. -- Get the principle hugh?
Is prostitution a basic individual right?.
Private sexual acts between consenting adults can't be prohibited/outlawed/criminalized.
Commercial aspects of the trade can be reasonably regulated. -- Got it yet hugh?
Private sexual acts between consenting adults can't be prohibited/outlawed/criminalized. Commercial aspects of the trade can be reasonably regulated. -- Got it yet hugh?
Got it? Yes, you're definitely afraid to answer that question. The trade itself is not merely "reasonably regulated", but prohibited outright, in 49 states, excercising their 10th Amendment rights with their republican form of government.