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Where is the constitution does it say the state can't do that?
by quotemstr 20d ago
Where is the constitution does it say the state can't do that?
- mdp2021 20d agoWe would ask you to rephrase - and, if we interpreted correctly, to reread.
- quotemstr 20d ago"We"? Yeah, okay, Your Highness. As for the content: the law says what it says. Where in the constitution of the United States of America and its amendments does it say that a state government must be truthful about public health statements? The law says what it says. A behavior might be rotten, evil, illegal under other documents, and an all-round bad idea and still not a violation of, in particular, the constitution of the United States of America and its amendments
- klawed 20d agoThe gp points out that some states, (for example, Massachusetts) opt to put this in their own constitutions
- JuniperMesos 20d agoBut not Mississippi evidently, or the court probably would've mentioned that and Mother Jones reporter Sophie Hurwitz would've mentioned that in the article. Maybe Mississippi should enact some kind of state constitutional provision asserting this, but they haven't.
- UncleMeat 20d agoSubstantive due process in the 14th. The 9th makes it clear that not all rights need to be explicitly in the text.