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For a guy who thinks he's a legal genius, he sure asks a lot of stupid questions.
EDIT: @zippitydoda's post mentions he's saying the anti-prostitution laws violate the Constitution. No they don't. There's no right to be paid for sex. The courts have held there is a right to engage in sexual contact with another consenting adult, but that involves private intimacy, not a commercial transaction. Governments can regulate businesses, including outlawing ones they feel would be detrimental to their citizens. That's why payday loans are illegal in some states, because the state government feel they are exploitive of economically disadvantaged people. There is no right of prostitution in the Constitution, either literal or implied. It wouldn't be unconstitutional either, but such things are at the discretion of state and local governments.
EDIT: @zippitydoda's post mentions he's saying the anti-prostitution laws violate the Constitution. No they don't. There's no right to be paid for sex. The courts have held there is a right to engage in sexual contact with another consenting adult, but that involves private intimacy, not a commercial transaction. Governments can regulate businesses, including outlawing ones they feel would be detrimental to their citizens. That's why payday loans are illegal in some states, because the state government feel they are exploitive of economically disadvantaged people. There is no right of prostitution in the Constitution, either literal or implied. It wouldn't be unconstitutional either, but such things are at the discretion of state and local governments.
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