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To: appalachian_dweller
Smoking isn't free speech! And the Amendment says "Congress shall make no law...", not "There shall be no impendiment to..."
3 posted on 01/13/2005 11:57:54 AM PST by The Teen Conservative (Taglines really get me worked up to write something in them for nothin', y'know?)
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To: The Teen Conservative
You may be correct.....

However the rest of the sentence is correct: Such bans are tantamount to precluding peaceable assemblage in that those who may choose to smoke would have to separate themselves from the assembly.

11 posted on 01/13/2005 12:09:21 PM PST by Gabz (Anti-smoker gnatzies...small minds buzzing in your business..............SWAT'EM)
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To: The Teen Conservative
And the Amendment says "Congress shall make no law...", not "There shall be no impendiment to..."

The SCOTUS has ruled over and over and over again that the First Amendment applies to state and local government by virtue of the 14th Amendment. You can disagree with the SCOTUS all you want, but the issue is has already been decided.

114 posted on 01/13/2005 2:03:33 PM PST by Labyrinthos
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