To: Physicist
"So if a President brings in a private group to kick in the faces of some protesters, or break up a church service, that's Constitutionally A-OK?"
It's not unconstitutional unless they're acting under color of law, and for that they would need to at least be employees of the executive branch.
125 posted on
08/27/2003 1:00:29 PM PDT by
Those_Crazy_Liberals
(Ronaldus Magnus he's our man . . . If he can't do it, no one can.)
To: Those_Crazy_Liberals; Physicist
"So if a President brings in a private group to kick in the faces of some protesters, or break up a church service, that's Constitutionally A-OK?" It's not unconstitutional unless they're acting under color of law, and for that they would need to at least be employees of the executive branch.
Rendell effectively deputized the Teamsters. Note the use of "Teamsters for Clinton" t-shirts used by the thugs to identify each other. This was their color of law.
132 posted on
08/27/2003 9:09:55 PM PDT by
GEC
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