[FredFlash]

A mandate carries a punishment for disobeying it, right? So the government can suggest, encourage, facilitate, urge or direct as long as no punishment is involved.

[Always Right]

A mandate carries a punishment for disobeying it, right? So the government can suggest, encourage, facilitate, urge or direct as long as no punishment is involved.

Not at the legislative level. Executive proclaclamations, for instance, do not violate any rule.