All I’m saying is that there are always exceptions to rules, and that the meaning of the constitution ultimately isnt what you or what I or the Congress or the Senate or the president thinks it should be, but what the us supreme court says it is.
Even if the supreme court opinion is idiotic, or disingenuous, or some Scalia Jedi level bullshit, by the very nature of the rules of the game, ever since Marbury v. Madison, the court opinion defines what the constitution means.
Not what the plain text says. What the court says it means.
I dont know much more than you, except that at least I’m aware I dont know.
I would never say, HOW COULD IT NOT VIOLATE THE CONSTITUTION without doing a few dozen hours of research reading cases.
For instance…
It would SEEM like you couldnt round up members of one ethnic group and lock them up without running afoul of the constitution, right?
That’s gotta violate a whole bunch of stuff in the constitution.
I mean, HOW COULD IT NOT violate the constit.? Definitely doesnt sound kosher.
Well, read Korematsu v. United States, 323 U.S. 214 (1944).
i think it’s still good [meaning not overruled, not morally good] law.
The govt has in the past, and may permissibly tomorrow,
round up members of one ethnic group,
lock them up,,
no problem,
no constitutional violation,
under the right circs.
Even if you or I think it’s wrong, shameful, obviously unconstitutional, our opinion is irrelevant.
The constitution means what the us sup. Ct says it means. Because that is the way the legal system works.
See Marbury v. Madison.
Just because you have a copy of the 1st am and you or I have read it DOES NOT mean you or I understand anything.
I am not a Great Reader of constitutional cases.
But I am a reader.
And the meaning of the constitution is in the interpretation, not in the text of the document.
So, you may be right.
Maybe these laws restricting assembly will ultimately be found by the us supreme court to violate the constit.
But maybe not.
Personally, I have no fucking idea what the supreme court will do anymore.
Definitely do not bet $$ on any outcome as a sure thing.
And I dont care how serious you are about “freedom”, zoning laws are definitely constitutional. That’s well settled.
