[tpaine]

-- said host Larry Kudlow:

"I also believe in First Amendment free choice rights in this country, and New York is an international destination, so I think this is wacko."


What's wacko is the assertion that the First Amendment creates a right to smoke. It doesn't. It protects freedom of speech and religion.
-muleshine-


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Alberta's Child wrote:
Mulshine's right about Kudlow's argument.
How anyone could make smoking a First Amendment issue is beyond me.

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The 1st says we have the right to peaceably assemble.

You want to assemble in a 'smoking allowed' bar or hall, open to the public?
-- Not allowed.. - Get it?

[Alberta's Child]

You want to assemble in a 'smoking allowed' bar or hall, open to the public? -- Not allowed.. - Get it?

I want to assemble in a bar where they build a giant bonfire every evening, but such a thing violates about a dozen different fire codes in New York City. Does this make a fire code a violation of the First Amendment?