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This is a waste of my time, I'm sure, but you realize that from the very beginning, the US system of government was set up to avoid that scenario (among others)
by JonFish85 13y ago
This is a waste of my time, I'm sure, but you realize that from the very beginning, the US system of government was set up to avoid that scenario (among others), right? Checks & balances, division of congress, 3 branches of government, etc?
- smsm42 13y agoWe do have all those wonderful things. However they do not exactly apply to city regulations in SF. Of course, most egregious abuses - like gun laws in DC and Chicago - eventually may get attention of the Supreme Court and even get shut down, but it is a long uphill battle even if the right being restricted is explicitly mentioned in the Constitution as one not to be infringed. But the powers of local authorities to regulate local commerce are unlikely to be challenged by either Congress or Supreme Court, so while all those things are nice and useful, I'm not sure how they would help in this particular case.