Submitted by fedtrumpsstate (not verified) on Mon, 05/14/2012 - 1:24pm.
...rule on whether parts of a State Constitution are in line with the U.S. Constitution. When NC ratified the Constitution, they were bound to it. And if a Federal court decides that Amendment One is a violation of the 14th Amendment, then it's unenforceable! Just like NC's amendment in 1875 that banned interracial marriage became invalid after Loving v. Virginia in 1967.
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...rule on whether parts of a State Constitution are in line with the U.S. Constitution. When NC ratified the Constitution, they were bound to it. And if a Federal court decides that Amendment One is a violation of the 14th Amendment, then it's unenforceable! Just like NC's amendment in 1875 that banned interracial marriage became invalid after Loving v. Virginia in 1967.