[truenospinzone]

In the case of all 50 states, the people have decided to enact underage drinking laws.

Only after coercion and blackmail by the federal government, i.e "We will no longer spend federal money on highways in your state unless you raise the legal drinking age to 21". That's not exactly the same as an overwhelming moral decree from "the people", is it?

[tacticalogic]

Only after coercion and blackmail by the federal government, i.e "We will no longer spend federal money on highways in your state unless you raise the legal drinking age to 21".

Ironically, our newly minted domestic terrorism laws include among the definitions of acts of domestic terrorism "using threats of force or coercion to influence public policy".