RE: Why the First Amendment IS an anti trust law.
December 31, 2014 at 1:04 pm
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2014 at 1:05 pm by Dystopia.)
It's always fun to see how different American laws can be when compared to European ones, particularly the dichotomy of the Commonwealth system V. the Civil Law system based on Roman law.
A European version of the same constituional principle would say 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 - Except if any of those rights represent an attempt towards other individuals' fundamental rights, such as life, physical integrity or any other no one can abide~
Out of curiosity - Why put in the same amendment freedom of speech, religion press and freedom of assembly all mixed up in the same paragraph? Why not create an article or law for every one of those rights, since they are connected to an extent but are intrinsically different?
A European version of the same constituional principle would say 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 - Except if any of those rights represent an attempt towards other individuals' fundamental rights, such as life, physical integrity or any other no one can abide~
Out of curiosity - Why put in the same amendment freedom of speech, religion press and freedom of assembly all mixed up in the same paragraph? Why not create an article or law for every one of those rights, since they are connected to an extent but are intrinsically different?
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