[Arthur McGowan]

He's correct about the Bill of Rights' not applying to the States. The First Amendment, e.g., says CONGRESS shall make no law... It was the Supreme Court that decreed that "Congress" means "your local government school" or "your local city council" is not allowed to put up a Christmas tree, etc. It is the Supreme Court that decreed that because CONGRESS is prohibited from limiting speech, your state cannot do anything about pornography, etc.

[tpaine]

He's correct about the Bill of Rights' not applying to the States. The First Amendment, e.g., says CONGRESS shall make no law...

Which line only applied to the establishment clause, as Justice Thomas just noted in his 'Newdow' opinion. The rest of our BOR's applies to ALL levels of Government, and protects ALL of our individual rights.

It was the Supreme Court that decreed that "Congress" means "your local government school" or "your local city council" is not allowed to put up a Christmas tree, etc.

Yep, the USSC is just as out of control as the Statists.

It is the Supreme Court that decreed that because CONGRESS is prohibited from limiting speech, your state cannot do anything about pornography, etc.

There are plenty of valid laws about the criminal aspects of porn.
We don't need more prohibitional decrees on 'sin' nor on 'evil' property like 'assault weapons' .

[robertpaulsen]

tpaine likes it that way. He wants to ensure that the BOR in the U.S. Constitution applies to everyone equally. He doesn't trust those yucky states to do it.

Of course, he ignores the fact that with the federal BOR comes the USSC interpretation of those BOR. That how you get the 1st amendment free speech protecting nude dancing, but not political advocacy ads 30 days prior to an election. Insanity that now applies to every state in the union.

Just what the Founding Fathers had in mind.