Schizophrenic states like Oregon must desist from passing laws and ordinances that counter their own Constitution, nullifying it and instituting anarchy in its place. SCOTUS should also get this message
Oregon bureaucrat overrides 1st Amendment? How to gut gov’t bullies
It’s no surprise that a lowly state bureaucrat believes he can wield more power than the Oregon and United States Constitutions combined. Given the recent Supreme Court opinions that illegally upheld anti-(not just un-)Constitutional actions by government, these actions of a state employee only seem natural. Administrative punishments, like those levied against Christian bakery owners in Oregon, are becoming commonplace. However, they are not acceptable.
The question becomes rhetorical as to how the people, the majority, are allowing themselves to be buffaloed by a small fraction of the population harboring a vendetta against the social norm. That a minor appointee to a regulatory board (which is defined as a few people who independently decide the implementation of law according to their biases) thinks he can ignore the state constitution, which he took an oath to uphold, is irrational.
