07-08-2012, 12:51 PM
Actually Virtual, it's even more than a first amendment right...much more. The individual states have the "legal authority" to determine the issuing of degree programs from schools that have "state oversight". A good example are "state approved" schools in California. From a constitutional standpoint, the 10th amendment grants "executive powers" for education, to the individual states. This is "binding", for "ALL" states in the union...states that pass laws, that reject "state approved" degrees and define the use of them as a "criminal act" are in fact in violation of the constitution and attempting to enforce these absurd laws may in fact be a CRIME. "Jim Crow laws" were "legalized racism"...federal law trumped state law...Always will
