[Labyrinthos]

The O-bot is dead wrong on the Constitution. The First Amendment restrains only Congress. Hence, FedGov has no standing in the case and New York can do whatever the hell it wants, from instituting Islam statewide to banning it outright.

The SCOTUS has held, for at least the last fifty years, that the First Amendment applies to state and local government through the 14th Amendment. Even Justice Thomas has accepted that view.

[Carry_Okie]

The SCOTUS has held, for at least the last fifty years, that the First Amendment applies to state and local government through the 14th Amendment. Even Justice Thomas has accepted that view.

Selective incorporation is an abomination.

[Carry_Okie]

I might add that selective incorporation pursuant to a 14th Amendment that was fraudulently ratified is an even greater abomination.