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It's an overreach. "A pound is 16 ounces" is not the same as "cakes shall only be 5 ounces," i.e., a standard of measure does not extend to regulation of what i
by golemotron 4y ago
It's an overreach. "A pound is 16 ounces" is not the same as "cakes shall only be 5 ounces," i.e., a standard of measure does not extend to regulation of what is measured and what measures are permitted. An originalist court could fix this.
- kube-system 4y agoThat analogy does not hold up. A fuel dispenser is a metering device. The scale at your grocery store that measures the weight of the cake is, likewise, an NTEP scale: https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/national-type-evaluation-program-ntep https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/national-type-evaluat... These are very fundamental consumer protection regulations that have been solidly cemented in western civilization for many centuries now. >not extend to regulation of [...] what measures are permitted. That was exactly the point of that clause. The colonies all had their own system of measurement and it was a mess trying to do business. Now, congress did very little about it, but the founders intentionally reserved the right for them to fix that problem.
- golemotron 4y agoThe problem with your formulation is that there is no limiting principle. Perversely, the government could rule that a pregnant person is a metering device for gestation and establish standards.
- kube-system 4y agoNo, a pregnancy does not meter any commercial exchange of goods.