17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net> [...]
Constitutional literalists take note: the First Amendment says nothing about what the executive branch or the states can do ....
The states are prohibited through the 14th Amendment via the Slaughterhouse cases, the ability of the executive branch to violate due process is questionable (from a legal viewpoint, not a practical one...the President cannot order you placed in jail unless you have broken a law which requires congress to have made the law in the first place...) jim