(April 3, 2013 at 12:17 pm)Creed of Heresy Wrote: If the First Amendment does not apply to the states, neither do any of the other Amendments... in fact, if the Amendments do not apply to the states, then how can the rest of the Constitution apply to the states? In fact, what is it good for?
They do. See the first clause of the 14th amendment (the "privileges and immunities" clause).