Cornell student sues New York Attorney General: Says drinking age unconstitutional

Ithaca Voice ^ | FEBRUARY 17, 2016 | BY JOLENE ALMENDAREZ

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I'm actually of the mind that if you're old enough to serve in the military or get married you ought to be old enough to drink. But this complaint looks kind of petty and, dare I say it, childish.

[Genoa]

Boo hoo, actually. A lot of people never drink alcohol and they manage to live a reasonable normal life.

[SandRat]

Baturalkly, it’s about ITHACA

[The Sons of Liberty]

Cornell student sues New York Attorney General: Says drinking age unconstitutional

He should join the military. You can drink at 18 - on base, and serve the Country to boot.

[Yo-Yo]

Doogie Howser syndrome.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Yet, the 10 Amendment precludes such arguments to the Constitutionality of States’ drinking laws.

Frat boy is screwed.

[Don Corleone]

Far above Cayugas waters

There she stands, Cornell

That smell is not Cayuga's waters

That smell IS Cornell!

[manc]

If one can drive a one ton vehicle, decide on the future of the country by voting, have sex, get married, and die for your country then I think it is stupid to have the age at 21.

[Jim Noble]

I think the drinking age is stupid and it should be abolished - with parents remaining liable for the actions of minors.

[Stepan12]

The Cornell Student is correct. I would rather have students at that age drinking instead of voting, seeing all the damage they do with the latter.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Skip the alcohol, it only makes you stupid.

[ifinnegan]

Drinking age used to be 18 in a lot of states.

Some federal policy caused it to be normalized at 21.

Still, this grad student is a whiny baby.

[GregoTX]

Amendment 10

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

[Boogieman]

Meh, if he can handle graduate school, he should be able to handle drinking beer.

[Politicalkiddo]

“A Cornell student is suing New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman after claiming that the legal drinking age of 21 makes him feel “ostracized and excluded” from other graduate students.”

Stupid argument. I don’t think the government should be able to adult what they should or should not put into their bodies. That’s way different than, “Oh! Poor me! I can’t wait to drink! WAHHH!”. Please. If you’re going to challenge Constitutionality, I am pretty sure you won’t find a clause that applies to whiny idiots.

[gdani]

CAN:

* Serve in the military
* Be thrown in prison and/or executed
* Get married
* Have kids
* Buy and sell property
* Start a business

CANNOT:

* Drink

Ridiculous.

[Durbin]

I don’t think a particular state AG had anything to do with the drinking age. LOL

[PJBankard]

Not any more. Oversees is a different story.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Not any more. When I was in they changed the legal drinking age to be the same as the state the base was located in. Although Tennessee had an exemption for military on base.

[WMarshal]

I agree. The 18-year-old drinking age is the brainchild of progressives, just like Prohibition, to infantilize young Americans and separate them from socializing with older, wiser adults where they would learn how to grow up. It’s just three more years to force them to be children.

I hope this man wins, because the 21 year drinking age is a damn, dumb law that has not reduced drinking at all and exposes millions to legal penalties.