To: Jim Robinson
Which 1st Amendment right?
Does the State of Alabama get to decide for itself what the U.S. Constitution means? Do all 50 states get to decide that? This is not a reserved power - not since the passage of the 14th.
81 posted on
08/28/2003 2:48:09 PM PDT by
lugsoul
To: lugsoul
Does the State of Alabama get to decide for itself what the U.S. Constitution means? Do all 50 states get to decide that? This is not a reserved power - not since the passage of the 14th.The 14th does not allow the re-invention of the amendments proceeding it, only their application to the states. Having a monument to the 10 commandments is nowhere akin to having the State of Alabama establish a state religion or compel someone to pray or worship, which is the threshhold where the 1st coupled with the 14th would kick in.
83 posted on
08/28/2003 2:50:34 PM PDT by
dirtboy
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To: lugsoul
How did Judge Moore misinterpret or violate the first amendment?
85 posted on
08/28/2003 2:51:24 PM PDT by
Jim Robinson
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