On 2005 Nov 4 , at 11:22 AM, Jim Elwell wrote:
... the US Federal Government ... could not simply mandate the whole country and economy metricate. It would be thrown out by the courts.
I can't agree with Jim's conclusion that the US federal government has not authority to mandate metric measurement. I believe it does, in the clause of the constitution that gives it the power to "establish a system of weights and measures".
Regards,
Bill Hooper
Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA
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