I don't completely understand your government system, so I have to ask a few questions.
Do the municipalities have any legal standing that are not derived from the states' legal standing?
Do municipalities have any powers that are not devolved to them by the states? (I know the states have powers that are not devolved to them by your federal government, thus the states have some rights and responsibilities of their own.)
Does any level of government have a legal mechanism that allows them to sidestep Constitutional rights? (It's a serious question; I'm aware of one democratic first-world nation where the answer to this question is "yes".)
Has anyone ever successfully argued that a minimum wage is required for the inherent right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Does the wording in Amendment XIX include transgender rights?
And why does anyone outside of the plastics industry care whether a particular municipality does or does not ban plastic bags? Isn't this like a particular municipality banning or not banning spray cans with CFC propellants - a statement of principles, but not particularly important to the environment one way or the other?
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Do the municipalities have any legal standing that are not derived from the states' legal standing?
Do municipalities have any powers that are not devolved to them by the states? (I know the states have powers that are not devolved to them by your federal government, thus the states have some rights and responsibilities of their own.)
Does any level of government have a legal mechanism that allows them to sidestep Constitutional rights? (It's a serious question; I'm aware of one democratic first-world nation where the answer to this question is "yes".)
Has anyone ever successfully argued that a minimum wage is required for the inherent right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness?
Does the wording in Amendment XIX include transgender rights?
And why does anyone outside of the plastics industry care whether a particular municipality does or does not ban plastic bags? Isn't this like a particular municipality banning or not banning spray cans with CFC propellants - a statement of principles, but not particularly important to the environment one way or the other?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012