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Massachusetts Supreme Court took away its citizens' essential private property rights
The Federalist ^
| 9-21-2021
| Ilya Feoktistov
Posted on 09/21/2021 8:29:19 AM PDT by Paul46360
In the waning days of 2020, as COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts were summiting the highest peak of the pandemic, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) of Massachusetts decided that the First Amendment’s Assembly Clause does not protect private assembly by private citizens in “private homes.” According to the state’s high court, whether, when, and how the citizens of Massachusetts may gather in each other’s dens and bedrooms are all questions of “significant government interest” to the state’s governor, and are therefore within his regulatory power.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; governor; property; rights
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Loss for words.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:29:19 AM PDT
by
Paul46360
To: Paul46360
The scotus will shut this down.
However, I see the US as 50 separate “mostly sovereign” countries (similar to the EU). There are many of these countries I have no interest in visiting because they are counter to my world view and personal freedom.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:31:01 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
To: Paul46360
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:31:20 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(China is like the Third Reich. We are Mussolini's Italy. A weaker, Jr partner, good at losing wars.)
To: Paul46360
these dictatorial
blackrobes without accountability
are not beholden to the US Constitution.
Malta?
Ireland, perhaps?
South Africa, most recently.
To: Paul46360
There was a meme floating around last year when the lockdowns were happening and restaurants and bars were closed and they were doing their best to keep people from seeing each other.
Something to the effect.....Leading up to the Revolutionary War, the people in the colonies met in pubs and homes to discuss what the King was doing....something like that.
Wonder how true that is and if the globalists are doing what they do because of that tidbit of historical fact?
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:33:23 AM PDT
by
qaz123
To: Diogenesis
Wasn’t it Ginsburg that said the US should scrap the Constitution and re-write one like the one they have in South Africa?
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:34:54 AM PDT
by
qaz123
To: cuban leaf
Never assume the supreme Court will do the right thing
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:35:12 AM PDT
by
cableguymn
(We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
To: cuban leaf
"An appeal of this wrong decision, made in a case called Desrosiers v. Baker, is now among the 1,298 petitions that the U.S. Supreme Court will consider for review at its so-called Long Conference on Sept. 27. The odds that the Supreme Court will agree to hear the case are slim. The justices usually deny 99 percent of petitions for review, with only about a dozen cases making the cut."
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:35:35 AM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: qaz123
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:36:03 AM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: qaz123
And the modern day those pubs would be Twitter and facebook. And pretty much the same thing is happening there too
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:36:13 AM PDT
by
cableguymn
(We need a redneck in the white house.... But the fact checkers said thein story was false!)
To: Paul46360
I did lots of observation of the natives when I was there in 98'-99'.
One example then was if one had more than X number of people for their backyard pool swim, you had to hire a State approved lifeguard.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:36:59 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Paul46360
I would argue that they don’t have the power to do that. They only have as much power as We the People are willing to give them.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:37:59 AM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Republicans are all honorable men.)
To: cableguymn
Never assume the supreme Court will do the right thingTry to avoid putting yourself at the mercy of any court, it's nuts out there.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:39:04 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: cuban leaf
That is how my wife and I see it, as well.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:41:06 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: Paul46360
We are not a nation of laws.
We are a nation of lawyers.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:41:38 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: cuban leaf
One expect anything different from Assachusettes.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:45:16 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The enemy of the people is the media )
To: Paul46360
Mass-holes........................
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:45:33 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: qaz123
Good point. Add on to that the omnipresent government would rather have you on the net so they can monitor your speech and ideas.
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:47:43 AM PDT
by
Mouton
(The enemy of the people is the media )
To: Paul46360
Don’t worry, I’m sure Charlie Baker will intervene here and stop this insanity... </sarc>
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posted on
09/21/2021 8:48:20 AM PDT
by
millenial4freedom
(The Left: We hate the white male, but we need his money)
To: Paul46360
no kidding...just after that sigh of relief after the illegal takings from landlords across the USA from the CDC
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