Is the Bill of Rights a Bad Joke? pt. 1

The Founding Fathers wisely added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution to explicitly prohibit Government from doing  things it isn't authorized to do.

The First Amendment to the United States Constitution  is one of the  most important provisions:  "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

  The Constitution doesn't authorize using a pandemic to prohibit the free exercise of religion or to abridge "the right of the people peaceably to assemble."  Government officials who take either action are breaking the law.  

Government officials should treat COVID-19 measures as suggested guidelines rather than  rigid rules which  must be obeyed. We should accept that  there will always be a few who don't want to go along with the   program. 

We Americans aren't like  the "good Germans" in  Nazi Germany who obeyed orders.

We Americans don't like to be told what to do.  In 1773 American Patriots destroyed an entire shipment of tea at  the Boston Tea Party  to protest the tea tax.   In the eighties many of us used our CB  radios to avoid tickets when we exceeded the 55 mph speed limit.