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by sseagull 1018 days ago
> Umm, the bill of rights is a set of restrictions on the _federal_ government. The last one is explicitly a statement that the states can do a lot of things that the federal government _can't_.

Taken literally, yes. But legally, many (but not all) for the rights have been 'incorporated' to apply to the states. This includes First Amendment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_R...