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[–] [email protected] 203 points 3 months ago (8 children)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

1st ammendment to the constitution since conservatives love to claim they support it

[–] [email protected] 116 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Ah! But it says "congress shall make no law," not that "the president shall tweet no bullshit!"

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago

tbh, the founding fathers did fuck this up quite bad, by not including this

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

The constitution also didn't say "the president shall give a shit about the law"

Rookie mistake, IMO

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

It literally did, minus your contemporary idiom:

he shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,

(It's called the "take care clause" and is part of Article II, Section 3, in case anybody wants to look it up.)

Not that it matters anymore, after Trump v. United States.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It was the first time they were writing a constitution. Obviously they were rookies

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Second. The Articles of Confederation was first and failed.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Bold of you to assume that the US is a country still under the rule.of law.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago

Laws only matter if they are enforced.

The right wing doesn't care about law or consistency. They care about in-groups to protect and out groups to bind.

If "how do treat strangers" is a viable metric for assessing if someone is a good person or not, the the right wing are not good people.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

Nah I'm pretty sure the 1st amendment just says I can say the N word /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago

Yeah but they're gonna rewrite the constitution, it's gonna be the best constitution the founding fathers will be jealous they didn't come up with this thing it's gonna be airtight and on the blockchain

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Oh, we don't use that outdated piece of paper any more, haven't you heard?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Yeah, it's way too woke. Same with Jesus.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Congress isn't making a law. Instead, the President is committing treason while his party pretends not to notice and the other party flops around like a dead fish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

That's not a problem if executive orders are treated as law; the first amendment doesn't curtail the president's power.