Originally Posted by Clem
Originally Posted by Out back
As much I tend to agree with trump, states rights are constitutionally superior to the federal government.
I hate what's happening in our country right now, but the president should not have authority over our governors.
It's a mess, but I still believe our founding fathers knew best.


This is true. Trump has no constitutional authority to dictate to governors to open churches and cannot unilaterally "rule" them open.

Nice gesture to his voting base and I wish-hope the churches open. But that's a straight dictatorial, authoritarian move by Trump.



Honest question - would the president not have the authority to enforce the first amendment if a state is openly violating it?


All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.