To: nonsporting
The Supreme court has long held that the 1A applies to state government, as does the second. Next time a state government tries to ban the sale of firearms, let me know your thoughts on that.
17 posted on
04/15/2014 7:57:32 AM PDT by
Tulane
To: Tulane; nonsporting
Next time a state government tries to ban the sale of firearms, let me know your thoughts on that.
That's easy. The phrase "shall not be infringed" is not constrained, whereas "Congress shall make no law" is. Apples and Oranges. Speaking in terms of colonial history, had the Constitution interfered with the states religious disciplines, it never would have been ratified; it would have been a non-starter. Even in those days the states, though decidedly Christian in nature, had significant denominational differences. Attempting to blot them out at the Federal level would have caused quite a stink. The goal was to prevent the Federal government from blotting them out and making all things equal.
19 posted on
04/15/2014 1:19:28 PM PDT by
so_real
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