Say he/she wanted everyone to walk with simultaneous arm drive (driving both arms simultaneously as opposed to one at a time), could he do this?
Say he/she wanted everyone to walk with simultaneous arm drive (driving both arms simultaneously as opposed to one at a time), could he do this?
Well considering the president is not the one who drafts, amends, and passes legislation (that would be congress), no he could not. That said, in theory congress could (although they never would) and if they did, then the supreme court would rule it unconstitutional. So basically no.
Did you go to school?
Facepalm wrote:
Well considering the president is not the one who drafts, amends, and passes legislation (that would be congress), no he could not. That said, in theory congress could (although they never would) and if they did, then the supreme court would rule it unconstitutional. So basically no.
On what grounds do you think it would be unconstitutional? I'm not aware of any rulings that clarify the limits on government regulation of individual behaviors simply because it's frivolous, or obviously bad policy. If the government could successfully argue that the arm swinging mandate doesn't infringe upon the first amendment, it seems like the law would have a decent chance of being upheld.
cotton sweatpants no underwear wrote:
Facepalm wrote:Well considering the president is not the one who drafts, amends, and passes legislation (that would be congress), no he could not. That said, in theory congress could (although they never would) and if they did, then the supreme court would rule it unconstitutional. So basically no.
On what grounds do you think it would be unconstitutional? I'm not aware of any rulings that clarify the limits on government regulation of individual behaviors simply because it's frivolous, or obviously bad policy. If the government could successfully argue that the arm swinging mandate doesn't infringe upon the first amendment, it seems like the law would have a decent chance of being upheld.
On the obvious grounds that it exceeds the enumerated powers of Congress (I'm assuming here it's Congress legislating rather than the President).
In fact, it's doubtful that a state could even pass such law under its police power, as it would almost certainly fail rational basis review under even the most permissive substantive due process cases, including Lee Optical.
They did this in England. Here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8
When our current government collapsess into a dictatorship, the dictator will have us march however he wants.