In 1940 the US Supreme Court ruled in United States v Darby that the Federal minimum wage is constitutional. There’s little chance of that precedent being reversed, so a constitutional amendment is needed. I’d like an amendment that bars the government from setting a minimum wage or maximum price for anyone or anything.
“In 1940 the US Supreme Court ruled in United States v Darby that the Federal minimum wage is constitutional. There’s little chance of that precedent being reversed, so a constitutional amendment is needed.”
Kind of like what was said of Roe v Wade?
P.S. Thanks for the reference.
United States v Darby was an issue of interstate commerce regulation, claiming the feds had an interest in labor to prevent one State from having some kind of unfair labor advantage over another. I can easily see how the States are clawing back their 10th Amendment rights, and while some States are raising minimum wages to ridiculous levels, that Darby could be overturned as an overreach and a violation of State’s rights.