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To: dirtboy
Uh, demidog, there is ample caselaw to allow states to set traffic laws regarding safety.

No there isn't. Traffic laws are adjudicated in administrative courts which are not subject to constitutional review. There are several states, Nevada included that have ruled at the Supreme Court level that you are not required to apply for a license in order to drive. Those cases just aren't publicised.

In Nevada a few years back, an 18 year old kid was able to successfuly argue all the way to the Supreme Court that the drivers license is not consitutional. It didn't overturn the drivers license because application for such a license is voluntary.

199 posted on 08/10/2002 2:59:08 PM PDT by Demidog
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To: Demidog
No there isn't.

Yes there is. Please show me where in the Constitution that it prohibits state governments from regulating their own highways.

Traffic laws are adjudicated in administrative courts which are not subject to constitutional review.

There goes that 10th Amendment thingy again. The 10th cuts both ways. It both restricts the feds AND empowers the states, within the restrictions of the Bill of Rights and the 14th.

There are several states, Nevada included that have ruled at the Supreme Court level that you are not required to apply for a license in order to drive.

Parsing. Apply or possess?

Those cases just aren't publicised.

Well, then, why don't you publicize them for us. Give us a few cites, a few specific examples.

In Nevada a few years back, an 18 year old kid was able to successfuly argue all the way to the Supreme Court that the drivers license is not consitutional. It didn't overturn the drivers license because application for such a license is voluntary.

Once again, please provide a cite for this case, and clarify whether the Supreme Court in question was the Nevada Supreme Court or SCOTUS...

207 posted on 08/10/2002 3:05:05 PM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Demidog
Traffic laws are adjudicated in administrative courts which are not subject to constitutional review.

You're off your gob.

232 posted on 08/10/2002 3:40:22 PM PDT by Petronski
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