At 06:01 PM 11/27/2001 -0600, Jim Choate wrote:
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Michael Gurski wrote:
I guess it wouldn't be unconstitutional if Congress approves it... Or does this not count as an "Agreement or Compact with another State"? Somehow it reads that way to me.
The problem, there is no real support. If Congress was so motivated they could do it themselves and they haven't, not like they haven't been trying. I don't consider 'National ID Cards' a major problem, more like flash/bangs to distract your attention.
Congressional approval for this sort of thing is about like the proverbial ham sandwich that prosecutors can get grand juries to indict. It wouldn't be a problem in itself, but Congress can delegate much of it to the bureaucratic\\\\\\\\\\\executive branch. Furthermore, while states probably couldn't make the kind of agreement that would give one state Constititional standing to sue the other for non-performance of the agreement without a bit of help from Congress, they can certainly have their bureaucrats go discuss common standards without getting busted for anti-trust violations.