" -- The first words of the First Amendment are, "CONGRESS shall make no law ...." It is crystal clear that the Bill of Rights was written to restrain the power and reach of the federal government only. -- "
Which implies that our State or local governments have the ability to ignore the amendments "just ratified".
-- Could you please clarify this issue?
Again you spread intellectual confusion like a literary squid in the constitutional seas.
Colorful, Bbob, but you are the one confused, not I.
State legislators have a federally-assigned role in ratifying amendments, as they choose. Why you equate "ratifying amendments" with "ignoring the Constitution" is beyond me.
Why? - Because it is your position that State/local governments can ignore our BOR's. -- You agree that CA can prohibit assault weapons, for one such instance, incredibly enough. -- Why is that?
Kindly explain what sources you have used to develop your conclusions about the Constitution.
My 'sources' are the plain words of our Constitution itself. You should study it without your "states rights" blinders on.
My position is identical to that written by Goerge Washington in his "Fairwell Address to the American People." He wrote: "Until amended by the authentic act of the whole people, the Constitution is sacredly obligatory upon all." In short, until the Constitution is legitimately amended by the people, using the process described in Article V, every word of it should be both applied and obeyed.
You may have a different attitude. But do not impute your conclusion to me.
I find it interesting that your constitutional "scholarship" consists of reading and misunderstanding that document on your own. You are, as are most such, a self-taught constitutional moron. Welcome to the club which has many, non-illustrious members.
John / Billybob