[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Why would anyone be in this group if you actually
believe that there might be something unconstitutional
about metrication?
There is nothing unconstitutional about Congress's power to "fix the standard
of weights and measures". Legislation can be written to allow legacy units
(soft-converted in description, of course) to minimize the financial effect
on people and companies.
But there are all kinds of "takings" that go on, not just this. Example:
the western portion of the county I live in is zoned for open space only. So
the farm owner can't make a killing growing townhouses instead of corn.
Would that be a form of "taking"? Or perhaps, as happened a lot in the
mid-20th century under the name of "progress", a government allowed a
necessary service -- an interurban railway -- to go out of business rather
than supporting it. Now I have to buy a car I didn't need before. Would
that cost be a "taking" of my money?
The problem is that Congress and the legislatures are, for the most part,
afraid of their own shadows, and react to those who whine the loudest: those
who view metrication as a cultural affront, highway contractors, etc.
Carleton
