Posted on 07/07/2008 1:14:04 PM PDT by PastorTony
Passing the test is superfluous. The amount of the license is what is at the core.
Philadelphia’s large bell with a crack in it will henceforth be known as the Obedience Bell.
Sounds like an occupational license
The guy said that the city government does not own the city's history, and that this was about the city trying to regulate what one private individual says to another private individual about their city's history, while on public property.
-PJ
/johnny
This was on FoxNews over the weekend and it turns out that these "tour guides" didn't know poop about what they were describing to the paying tourists - THAT'S why a test and license is required under this law.
For instance: they'd pass Independence Hall and say stuff like ...
That's where Benjamin Franklin lived and that statue over there is Thomas Jefferson (but actually Alexander Hamilton).They were/are completely IGNORANT of the history of the city, monuments and historic buildings.So this is not about Freedom of Speech, its about IDIOTS giving out wrong, made up information about Philly and U.S. History to tourists for money.
The Bill Of Rights The Bill Of Rights, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, are considered to be a collection of rights guaranteed to the people on which the government cannot intrude. The court has ruled that it sees the words the people in the bill of rights referring to all of the people of the United States and that it is the same "people" referred to in the First (free speech, worship, press) as in the Fourth (searches, warrants) and Fifth (speedy trial, self-incrimination) as in the Second (right to arms).
Additionally, the Supreme Court has held that the government may not require a license to exercise a right. For example, the government may not require people to have a license to practice free speech, or to attend a church. Likewise the government may not require record keeping of those who practice a right or those who participate. Like the post-civil war era poll tax levied on blacks to prevent them from voting, the government may not require the people to pay any fees or taxes to exercise a right. This does not mean that any right is free from regulation or fees however. But the basic right must be unfettered.
To learn more about your rights and how much the government might be able to tell you how and when you can exercise them, point your browser to this "site"
I suspect you will be inclined to agree.
Semper Fi
An Old Man
Because the government said so. Simple as that. Wrong, but simple.
The cure is worse than the disease.
/johnny
/johnny
I have to admit your logic is almost perfect; however, if we follow through with what you are proposing, we would have to proof read every news paper prior to publication.
This is nothing more than an attempt by the government to control people After all, there is no law which prohibits stupidity.
Semper Fi
An Old Man
State code says so. Also health and safety are a couple of reasons.
Actually, there is one. It's a natural law. There is no appeal and the punishment immediately follows the verdict.... Some fools, the universe does not allow to procreate. ;)
/johnny
/johnny
Hummm.. That would be kinda like gravity. This is getting series.
So what if they do, the government has no right to regulate them. This is supposed to be a free society, but we are looking more and more like a police state every day.
You generally don't get freedom and order in the same package.
Not today, anyway.
/johnny
/johnny
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