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There’s quite a few people I know as well who are considering going to school as well.

The gist has been the same, the constitution doesn’t appear to be being followed and as a lawyer you have the ability to defend your rights.

I’m not sure what caused this particular spike (a lot of alone time?) but I know a lot of people are feeling this way.

In terms of an argument: 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th, 14th are amendments are clearly being violated in many regions. Further, given the risk profile of this disease (mitigation’s, high survival rate, etc), there’s no reasonable argument to abridge rights. Particularly, for a long period of time



Can you describe why you think the Constitution isn't being followed? That's kind of a generic argument. "People might believe something" without there being any rational basis for it.


In CA and NY the Supreme Court ruled laws baring religious practices as unconstitutional for one.

So, clearly there’s some issue there.

In LA they were shutting off peoples utilities for not following mayoral edicts.

The first amendment for peaceable assembly doesn’t go away — period — during time of crisis. Facebook has a portal setup where the CA Secretary of State is marking content to ban (court case is making its way through the federal circuits)

Arguably, the 9th amendment is being violated as it related to vaccine passports. https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/amdt9-2-1/ALD...

There is an absolute insane number of issues with the past year... I can go on and on


The ninth amendment means whatever someone wants it to mean, Louisiana enforced quarantines in the 19th century but I never see that mentioned

“The Constitution is not a suicide pact”


You'd be surprised to learn that the 1st Amendment is the strongest it has ever been: I'd recommend reading Anthony Lewis's "Freedom for the Thought That We Hate." It covers how people were imprisoned for criticizing the government from as late as the early 1800s to the early 20th century in the United States. The power of the 1st Amendment is a new concept.


Anyone can hire a lawyer for money. A lawyer will happily argue whatever quirky take on the constitution you have, and happily bill you per hour as they lose in court.

I think a gofundme funded by likeminded people to support your doomed lawsuits would be a lot more cost efficient than going to law school.




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