To: This Just In
Actually, the only thing the First Amendment does is PROHIBIT CONGRESS (the federal government) from interfering with things like free exercise.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...
The First Amendment is a PROHIBITION on the federal government, not a granter of power to enforce the First Amendment.
14 posted on
10/16/2014 7:49:33 PM PDT by
PapaNew
(The grace of God & freedom always win the debate over unjust law & government in the forum of ideas)
To: PapaNew
Yes, which is to say that it is our representatives duty to PROTECT our constitutional rights. If an American citizen is denied these liberties by our local government, we have just cause to pursue litigation.
To: PapaNew
The prohibition isn’t just on the Federal Government.
All government, including state and local, is prohibited from interfering.
30 posted on
10/16/2014 8:59:05 PM PDT by
Balding_Eagle
(If America falls, darkness will cover the earth for a thousand years.)
To: PapaNew
The First Amendment is a PROHIBITION on the federal government, not a granter of power to enforce the First Amendment. And the 14th Amendment incorporates that onto state and local governments.
53 posted on
10/17/2014 8:22:40 AM PDT by
kevkrom
(I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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