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> Each state has the right to be idiotic in it's own fashion. Actually, no, they don't. We have these things called habeas corpus and due process and civil rig
by lionhearted 17y ago
> Each state has the right to be idiotic in it's own fashion.
Actually, no, they don't. We have these things called habeas corpus and due process and civil rights that are supposed to protect us from governments being idiotic - on any level.
Edit: Emphasis mine "[N]o Person ought to be taken imprisoned or disseised of his freehold, or be exiled or deprived of his Privileges, Franchises, Life, Liberty or Property but by due process of Law."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process#In_the_U.S http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Due_process#In_the_U.S. - 1788 as a condition for New York State to ratify the Constitution
- hga 17y agoWell, after the passage of the 14th Amendment they were supposed to protect us from lower level governments, but that was quickly eviscerated by the Supremes (e.g. Slaughterhouse) and only bit by bit is being fixed.
- CapitalistCartr 17y agoWhile I agree with you, The Supreme Court doesn't, and we don't get to decide; they do. Until the Civil War amendments, those Constitutional protections didn't apply to the States. Since the Fourteenth Amendment and its Due Process clause, they clearly do. But the Supremes don't seem to recognize this. Until they do, the States have the right to be just this stupid.