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To: caveat emptor
It was from the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

In order to use 14th Amendment's incorporation against the states WRT the 1st Amendment you must apply some transformation* to the text of the first amendment itself — that was my point.

* — I do not trust the courts, or any government entity, with the power to transform-and-apply the constitution.

74 posted on 05/11/2014 12:48:01 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark
* — I do not trust the courts, or any government entity, with the power to transform-and-apply the constitution.

I don't care about your trust issues. Pffft.
75 posted on 05/11/2014 10:08:46 AM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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