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"but is there another serious alternative?" Certainly. Enforcing constitutional limits on government action.
by fche 10y ago
"but is there another serious alternative?"
Certainly. Enforcing constitutional limits on government action.
- eli_gottlieb 10y agoThe problem is that when it comes to local government, there basically are no constitutional limits. American government is constructed under the assumption that local government ought to be able to vary enough to support everything from communes to monasteries, rather than state or county governments enforcing a uniform notion of "normal life" with "normal" civil rights overriding local notions of morality. If you live in a dry town and you're a drinker, you're supposed to GTFO, not complain about human rights.
- fche 10y ago"local government, there basically are no constitutional limits" They certainly get a lot of leeway, but "incorporation" applies many federal protections against municipal governments too.