The rational basis test isn’t quite so widely used, but the underlying concept that a government with direct democratic accountability can do what it wants within a certain construct isn’t quite so shocking, is it? That a law simply have a rational relation to a legitimate governmental objective isn’t a problem for me. Determining what is a legitimate governmental objective is far more troublesome.
How did we become a regulatory welfare state?
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More troubling is that the Dems are still sniffing around the idea of taking all 401Ks and turning them into govt run “Guaranteed Retirement Accounts”
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The rational basis test isn’t quite so widely used, but the underlying concept that a government with direct democratic accountability can do what it wants within a certain construct isn’t quite so shocking, is it? That a law simply have a rational relation to a legitimate governmental objective isn’t a problem for me. Determining what is a legitimate governmental objective is far more troublesome.